Definition

1. Noun:

   • A sporting competition: A "tourney" is a sporting event where contestants play a series of games or matches to determine an overall winner. It often implies a structured, elimination-based contest.
   • (Historical) A medieval tournament: In a historical context, a "tourney" refers to a medieval contest of skill, especially a joust between knights on horseback.

2. Verb:

   • To compete in a tournament: To "tourney" means to take part in or engage in a tournament or series of contests.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The tennis tourney will feature the top sixteen players in the world.
  • Knights from across the realm gathered for the grand tourney.

• Verb:

  • Our team will tourney against the best clubs in the state this weekend.
  • He dreams of tourneying at Wimbledon one day.

Advanced Usage

• "To hold a tourney": To organize and run a tournament.

  • The club will hold a charity chess tourney next month.

• "A tourney format": The specific structure (e.g., single-elimination, round-robin) of a tournament.

  • The competition uses a double-elimination tourney format.

Variants and Related Words

• Tournament (n): A more common synonym for "tourney," especially in modern contexts.

  • The spelling bee is a national tournament.

• Tourneyer (n): (Rare) A person who participates in a tourney.

  • The young tourneyer was nervous before his first match.

Synonyms

• Competition: An event where people compete.
• Championship: A contest for the position of champion.
• Contest: An event in which people compete for supremacy.

Related Phrases

• Enter a tourney: To register or begin participating in a tournament.

  • She decided to enter the golf tourney.

• Win a tourney: To be the victor of a tournament.

  • He trained for years to win the prestigious tourney.

Noun

1. a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner

Verb

1. engage in a tourney