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tourney

DEFINITIONS OF: tourney

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n a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

Synonyms:
tournament
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World Cup
a soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion
elimination tournament
a tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds
open
a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
round robin
a tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant
Type of:
competition, contest
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

v engage in a tourney

Type of:
contend, fight, struggle
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
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