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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The summer tourney, now played at the Barnes Center, was then based in San Jose.
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Burbank, the District 16 representative and Section 2 champion, improved to 6-0 in the postseason, which began for the locals in the Section 2 tourney at Tujunga Little League.
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Next year’s team – despite losing its top three scorers – should have a strong chance at an upper Pac-12 finish, which would put them in NCAA tourney territory.
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During the tourney, outfielder Josh Stowers was 7-for-17 with two home runs and 10 RBIs while second baseman Devin Mann was 8-for-17 with two home runs and eight RBIs.
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The Alamo City is hosting the national tourney for the fourth time this weekend — more than any other Texas city.
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After 18-hole rounds of stroke play on Tuesday and Wednesday, the field will be cut the 32 lowest scorers for match play Thursday through Saturday to determine the champion in the 118th edition of the tourney.
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Then Friday, Puma and The Basketball Tournament (TBT) announced a multi-year partnership making Puma the exclusive footwear and apparel partner of the tourney.
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The Corsairs suffered their first loss in pool play against Hinsdale Central there at an April tournament, and a scheduled tourney game against New Trier was scuttled by rain.
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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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