Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
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Noun
The host site is fabulous and the tourney draws from the large player base in Southern California.—Todd Boss, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025 Horizon and Oak Ridge won games at the Bishop Moore girls basketball tourney, while Boone won at the New Smyrna Beach boys hoops event.—Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 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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