tourney
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈtʊrni/
- Informal
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torneo
- There may not be a tourney.
- NCAA tourney
- golf tourney
- tourney MVP
Will Willers, he doesn't like those tourneys, does he?
- Will Willers, he doesn't like those tourneys, does he?
- You have to know that these tournaments are profitable.
- Sorry, it says are you ever going to fish tournaments?
- So what we're doing with E Fuse is we're going to have holders only tournaments in our Discord.
Examples
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Our fast-break team of the tourney, Mammoth has a lot to offer.
Blog text (16) -
The tourney closed, with only Brastius and the Bishop openly accepting Arthur.
Fiction book (1991) -
The tourney starts in 12 hours exactly.
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Would you expect to win the tourney or even to do well?
Blog text (8) -
Point is: The tourney is fine as long as people know what they are getting into.
Blog text (13) -
- Shirts for the tourney!
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Oh, we just had the best time at that Dinah Shore tourney.
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We're doing an all-day Ping-Pong tourney.
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Your rush to dismiss this tourney so readily because it fills up the schedule puzzles me.
Blog text (12) -
The annual chess tourney attracts players from around the world to compete for the championship title.
Synonyms
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1.8
A sports event where teams or players play several games to decide the winner
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2.3
An event where people or teams compete to win
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2.7
A contest where athletes compete in sports such as running or jumping
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2.5
A competition where people or teams compete in sports
A day when people or teams compete in different sports
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Etymology
Tourney comes from an old French word with the root turn, which means 'to turn'. Knights and players would take 'turns' in rounds of fighting or play, so a tourney is a contest with many matches to find a winner.