tourney

noun

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tour·ney | \ ˈtu̇r-nē

, ˈtər-

also ˈtȯr- \

plural tourneys

Definition of tourney

(Entry 1 of 2)

: tournament

tourney

verb

tourneyed; tourneying

Definition of tourney (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: to perform in a tournament

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Examples of tourney in a Sentence

Noun progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Kansas is back in the tourney, which started as the Old Spice Classic in 2006, for the second time. — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 24 Nov. 2021 Fifth-year senior Halle O’Neill also made the all-tourney team. — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 9 Nov. 2021 All 10 Harford schools, and Perryville from Cecil County, will participate in the tourney, which for some begins Thursday with first round play. — Randy Mcroberts, baltimoresun.com, 2 Nov. 2021 Peyton Mast, Riley McCloskey and Kamden Schrand were all-tourney picks. — James Weber, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2021 Streetsblog has begun its brackets tourney for its Sorriest Bus Stops of 2021. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2021 The Big Ten didn't add a day of rest during its tourney. — Randy Johnson, Star Tribune, 25 Feb. 2021 So with the two losses this week, Trump has earned the Golden Sombrero of golf-tourney whiffs. — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 13 Jan. 2021 Coventry entered the postseason tourney in the No. 8 position, and defeated Coginchaug, No. 1 Wolcott, and Griswold to get to the final game. — Melanie Savage, courant.com, 23 Nov. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Lewis came up with a loose ball and passed to Hodge, who hit a 3-point shot with four seconds remaining for USA’s only tourney victory. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 27 Nov. 2019

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