From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtourneytour‧ney /ˈtʊəni, ˈtɔː- $ ˈtɜːr-, ˈtɔːr-/ noun [countable] American English informal a tournament
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tourney• Seventy-five percent of the teams in the tourney are done for the year, but the ostensibly underachieving Cats are still alive.• Wright flew back to cover the final round of the tourney.• Their journey to the tourney, as Cameron Dollar calls it, is finally over.Origin tourney (1200-1300) tourney “to take part in a tournament” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French torneier, from tourn; → TOUR1 