tourney

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noun

tour·​ney ˈtu̇r-nē  ˈtər- 

also ˈtȯr-

plural tourneys

: tournament

tourney

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verb

tourneyed; tourneying

intransitive verb

: to perform in a tournament

Synonyms of tourney

Noun

• tournament
• game
• event
• competition

Examples of tourney in a Sentence

Noun

progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The local ties that bind Of course, Turgeon’s goal of taking the Roos to the NCAA tourney seems miles away right now. — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2026

The Japanese gave us one of the tourney’s best matches to date — their 2-2 split with the Netherlands featured four second-half scores and Daichi Kamada’s dramatic equalizer in the 89th minute. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 24 June 2026

Verb

Saturday night’s seventh-inning parade of runs started when tourney most outstanding player Tyson LeBlanc singled in Kansas teammate Daniel Osoria from third base. — Gary Bedore may 23, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026

The Big 12 regular season and tourney champs cruised past 16-seed SIU Edwardsville in the first round, but got a difficult test against 8-seed Gonzaga last Saturday. — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French torneier, to twist, whirl around, fight, tourney, from tur, tourn turning, circuit

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tourney

• burnie
• gurney
• journey
• attorney
• mcburney

Kids Definition

tourney

noun

tour·​ney

ˈtu̇(ə)r-nē

also ˈtər-

or ˈtȯr-

plural tourneys

: tournament