Definition of tourney
plural tourneys
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Examples of tourney in a Sentence
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
Recent Examples of tourney from the Web
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Ryle has a 28-17 all-time record in the tourney and Northern Kentucky’s only fastpitch championship (2006), led that year by record-setting pitcher Kirsten Allen.
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The Tigers are a sleeper, seeded last in the tourney after reaching their fourth Super 8 last season.
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The top 12 teams will then participate in the conference tourney.
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Salgado scored all four of the Generals' goals in the regional tourney.
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Grapevine sophomore and Baylor commit Taylor Dellosso came in second place with two goals and one assist vs. FW South Hills as the Mustangs clinched a spot in the regional tourney for the fourth straight season.
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The Patriots and Eagles will look to break a run of California teams winning the tourney title.
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Kentucky is one of the hottest teams in the tourney and has twice the talent.
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Gray's big day pushed Houston to its first NCAA tournament victory since 1984, as the Cougars are back in the tourney for the first time since 2010.
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First Known Use of tourney
14th century
tourney Synonyms
Synonyms
bout, competition, contest, event, game, match, matchup, meet, sweepstakes (also sweep-stake), tournament;
Related Words
battle, conflict, scrimmage, skirmish, struggle, tug-of-war, tussle;
derby, field day, open, outing;
biathlon, decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlon, triathlon;
marathon, race, ultramarathon;
round-robin, rubber, runoff, sudden death;
Definition of tourney
Origin and Etymology of tourney
Middle English, from Anglo-French torneier, to twist, whirl around, fight, tourney, from tur, tourn turning, circuit
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