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

Noun

• bout
• competition
• contest
• event
• game
• match
• matchup
• meet
• sweepstakes
• sweep-stake
• tournament

Examples of tourney in a Sentence

Noun

progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The mighty Huskies will face the football school that apparently can dribble , too: No. 4 Alabama by ousting No. 6 Clemson reaches its first ever Final Four — a long shot eventuality from a team that didn’t get past the quarterfinals in its SEC tourney. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024

Are scores of men really timing their vasectomies with the tourney? —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024

Plans call for the tourney to remain in that slot on the tour schedule. —Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024

Houston in addition to the 1967 tourney win, prevailed, 91-76, on Nov, 26, 1983 in Houston. —Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024

Miami’s men team (15-14) has lost seven straight entering its final two games, and may need to miraculously win the ACC tourney March 12-16 in Washington, D.C. to get into the NCAAs. —Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2024

This game is going to light up fighting game tourneys for years. —Gene Park, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024

The Roos women’s squad opens the tourney on Friday as the No. 8 seed against Omaha. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Mar. 2024

State was on probation in 1973 and barred from playing in the NCAA tourney). —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2024

Verb

The 2022-23 Big Ten regular season and tourney champs meet Saturday when No. 14 Indiana visits Iowa City. —Michael Marot, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024

There were 40 teams in this year’s boys tourney. —Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2021

From state alumni who went on to tourney greatness to standouts with the home-state schools, these are 101 names to know from the history of Wisconsin's involvement in the NCAA Tournament. —Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2023

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 | [e-mail], al, 27 Nov. 2019

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

Kids Definition

tourney

noun

tour·​ney

ˈtu̇(ə)r-nē,

 also  ˈtər-,

 or  ˈtȯr-

plural tourneys

: tournament