Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Noun
The ferocity of the 4 Nations tourney has turned the concept of a bloodless, anodyne All-Star break on its ear.—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2025 What would be so embarrassing bout a 3 on 3 tourney??—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
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 See All Example Sentences for tourney
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French torneier, to twist, whirl around, fight, tourney, from tur, tourn turning, circuit
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