Noun
progressed to the final round of the tennis tourney
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The highlight of Broin’s tourney was a 2-under-par 68 in the second round.—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2024 The All-Area team includes two players from Lake Nona along with state tourney qualifiers representing Geneva School, Trinity Prep, Windermere and Winter Park.—Buddy Collings, Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 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 See all Example Sentences for tourney
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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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