Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To compete in a tournament.
- noun A tournament.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To join in a just or tilt, or mock fight of any sort.
- noun A contest of armed men with swords, blunted weapons, maces of wood, and the like (but not including the tilt or just); more generally, the contest of a number of champions on each side, as distinguished from single combat; the whole series of military exercises or sports held at one place and time. Also
tournament
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To perform in tournaments; to tilt.
- noun A tournament.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
tournament - verb archaic To take part in a tournament.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb engage in a tourney
- noun a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I do think Simmons play in tourney for the last 4 playoff spots is kind of interesting.
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Federer rips past Roddick Williams defeats Vaidisova, will face Sharapova in tourney final.
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I do think Simmons play in tourney for the last 4 playoff spots is kind of interesting.
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Approach on 18 will go down in tourney lore | Surprising champ
USATODAY.com 2006
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BREAKDOWN: Florida's defense stepped it up in tourney
USATODAY.com - Noah no longer feels pressure after national title run 2006
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Approach shot on 18 sealed in tourney lore Leaders 'cards, box score
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Approach shot on 18 sealed in tourney lore Leaders 'cards, box score
USATODAY.com - In year of first-timers, can Phil cash in? 2003
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Approach shot on 18 sealed in tourney lore Leaders 'cards, box score
USATODAY.com - Woods beyond frustration as he curses way through first round 2003
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Approach shot on 18 sealed in tourney lore Leaders 'cards, box score
USATODAY.com - Micheel wins PGA Championship; Woods staggers well back 2003
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Approach shot on 18 sealed in tourney lore Leaders 'cards, box score
USATODAY.com - Campbell comes up short in PGA Championship 2003
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