Definitions for: Tourney


[n] a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
[v] engage in a tourney



Webster (1913) Definition: Tour"ney, n. [OF. tornei, tornoi, F. tournoi, fr. OF.
torneier, tornoier, tournoier, to tit, to tourney, F.
tournoyer to turn round and round. See Turn, v. t.]
A tournament. --Bacon.

At tilt or tourney or like warlike game. --Spenser.

We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is
scantly time for half the work. --Tennyson.


Tour"ney, v. i. [Cf.OF. torneier. See Tourney, n. ]
To perform in tournaments; to tilt.

Well could he tourney, and in lists debate. --Spenser.

Synonyms: tournament

See Also: competition, contest, elimination tournament, fight, open, round robin, struggle

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