runoff
semi
semifinal
quarterfinal
final
elimination tournament
rematch
single-elimination tournament
multichallenger
dead rubber
out of the running
swim-off
fight to the finish
rubber
run-in
replay
reverse sweep
freezeout
recontest
championship
eighth final
round of 32
tie
superfinal
cough up
preliminary
podium
draw
intercompetitor
standoff
octafinal
lanterne rouge
pool of death
go home
cut
knockout
decision
play fight
tourney
judge
Susan Lucci
tour
tournament
torinaoshi
semifinalist
playoff
countback
dead heat
devil
renew acquaintances
double-dip
time trial
blowout
competition
Final Four
photo finish
big final
contest
lucky loser
barrage
reign
last four
recompete
victory
edge out
go out
octavofinal
get the chop
champion
showdown
triumph
side
in the running
sudden death
race
round of 16
call off the dogs
also-ran
unbeatens
last sixteen
loser
one-sided
overtime
on the bubble
group of death
grand final
grandstand finish
pro-am
Bernoulli distribution
binomial distribution
cup tie
multichallenger
intercompetitor
knockout
champion
one-sided
runoff
semi
semifinal
quarterfinal
final
elimination tournament
rematch
single-elimination tournament
dead rubber
swim-off
fight to the finish
rubber
run-in
replay
reverse sweep
freezeout
championship
eighth final
round of 32
tie
superfinal
preliminary
podium
draw
standoff
octafinal
lanterne rouge
pool of death
cut
decision
play fight
tourney
Susan Lucci
tour
tournament
torinaoshi
semifinalist
playoff
countback
dead heat
devil
time trial
blowout
competition
Final Four
photo finish
big final
contest
lucky loser
barrage
last four
victory
octavofinal
showdown
triumph
side
sudden death
race
round of 16
also-ran
unbeatens
last sixteen
loser
overtime
group of death
grand final
grandstand finish
pro-am
Bernoulli distribution
binomial distribution
cup tie
recontest
cough up
go home
judge
renew acquaintances
double-dip
replay
reign
recompete
edge out
go out
get the chop
call off the dogs
noun
- A second or further round of a competition, after other competitors (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
- That portion of precipitation or irrigation on an area which does not infiltrate or evaporate, but instead is discharged from the area.
- A second or further round of an indecisive election, after other candidates (often all but the last two) have been eliminated.
- Dissolved chemicals, etc, included in such water.
noun
- A special swimming race in which the winner gets to compete in the next level of trials (typically the finals), where the competitors have not qualified for the next level by the usual elimination races.
- The start of a period, in which the two teams try to reach the ball placed in the centre of the pool.
noun
- a contest consisting of a series of successive matches between the same sides
- an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
- any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber
- an eraser made of rubber (or of a synthetic material with properties similar to rubber); commonly mounted at one end of a pencil
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
- a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow
adj
verb
noun
- A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch.
- A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment.
- A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc.
- A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc.
- An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).
verb
noun
- A tournament in which players are gradually eliminated and the last remaining player wins everything gambled.
- Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases.
- A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.
verb
noun
- The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
- A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
- A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
- A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
- A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
- A tiewig.
- A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes.
- A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
- The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
- A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
- A knot; a fastening.
- A lace-up shoe.
- A connection between two vertices.
- One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
- A curved line connecting two letters (⁀), used in the IPA to denote a coarticulation, as for example /d͡ʒ/.
- A strong connection between people or groups of people.
- A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
- An equalizer, a run, goal, point, etc which causes participants in a competition to be placed equally or have the same score(s).
verb
- To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
- To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.
- To secure (something) by string or the like.
- To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
- In the Perl programming language, to extend (a variable) so that standard operations performed upon it invoke custom functionality instead.
- To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
- To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
- To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
noun
- A result amongst the best three at a competition.
- A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
- The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
- A foot or footstalk.
- The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
- A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
- A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
verb
noun
- the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided
- a gully that is shallower than a ravine
- an entertainer who attracts large audiences
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack
- a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer
- (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage
- poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer
- the act of drawing or hauling something
verb
- cause to move by pulling
- get or derive
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- take liquid out of a container or well
- give a description of
- select or take in from a given group or region
- elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
- suck in or take (air)
- move or go steadily or gradually
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- choose at random
- earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
- bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition
- to obtain a liquid from somewhere
- write a legal document or paper
- engage in drawing
- move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- allow a draft
- require a specified depth for floating
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
- cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force upon, either physically or in an abstract sense
- take in, also metaphorically
- direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes
- thread on or as if on a string
- stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow)
- pass over, across, or through
- finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.
- shrink
- reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die
- steep; pass through a strainer
- remove the entrails of
- flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by pulling it through a die or by stretching
- cause to localize at one point
noun
- In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A particular version or edit of a film.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- A skein of yarn.
- A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- The result of cutting.
- In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- The act of cutting.
- An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- A slab, especially of meat.
- A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- A haircut.
- A decrease.
intj
adj
- Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- Reduced.
- Having been cut.
- Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- Carved into a shape; not raw.
- Emotionally hurt.
verb
- To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To exhibit (a quality).
- To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- To wound with a knife.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- To stop, disengage, or cease.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- To make or negotiate.
- To castrate or geld.
- To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To change direction suddenly.
- To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
- To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
adj
- Causing elimination from a competition.
- Rendering someone unconscious.
- Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
- Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
noun
- Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
- The deactivation of anything.
- The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
- A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
- The deactivation of a particular gene.
- A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
- A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
- A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
- An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
- A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
noun
- A set of competitions which make up a championship.
- A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.
- A tour of duty.
- A circuit of snooker tournaments
- A street and road race, frequently multiday.
- A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
- A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.
- A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts.
- A closed trail.
verb
noun
- An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
- A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A printer's assistant. Also (India) "a poltergeist that haunts printing works".
- A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A dust devil.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc.
- An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- Hell.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
name
verb
- To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To annoy or bother.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
verb
- To defeat a team twice in the finals.
- To enroll in a single class which will fulfill two different requirements of a course of study.
- To dip a piece of food (e.g. a chip) into a communal sauce container after already having taken a bite of the food.
- To use a single debt instrument to obtain interest tax expense (and therefore a lower tax base) in two or more tax jurisdictions.
- To be illegitimately compensated a second time for the same activity.
- To re-release a movie or TV series, sometimes as a compilation or with additional features.
- To buy the same game twice, especially on different platforms.
- To draw a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or to draw two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
noun
- The drawing of a government pension or benefit for one job while also working in the government at another job, or of two pensions at the same time as a result of reaching the retirement criteria twice for the same entity.
- An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.
- A hill that levels off for a while about halfway down.
noun
- Any competitive event in which competitors are timed rather than racing against each other.
- An unpaced race in which riders or teams leaving at regular intervals are timed over a preset course or distance, the winner being the rider or team to finish in the fastest time.
- A mode in which the main goal is to complete levels—or, in some cases, the entire game—as quickly as possible; a time attack.
noun
- A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
- A large or extravagant meal.
- A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
- The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.
- A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
- An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
- An argument; an altercation.
- A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
- A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
- An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
- The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
- An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
noun
- The semifinal round, or an appearance in it generally.
- The final two rounds of the NCAA Division I tournament.
- The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion.
- The final round of the continent-wide Euroleague club basketball competition, featuring four teams with one becoming champion.
- An appearance in the Final Four.
noun
- A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
- A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
- Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
- A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
- An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
- An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
verb
noun
verb
verb
- To be eliminated from a competition.
- To have a romantic relationship, one that involves going out together on dates; to be a couple.
- To have a romantic relationship (with someone).
- To fail.
- To recede; to ebb.
- To discard or meld all the cards in one's hand.
- To leave, especially a building.
- To sympathize with; to express positive feelings towards.
- To die.
- To spend the last moments of a show (while playing something).
- To pass out of fashion.
- To leave one's abode to go to public places, especially for recreation or entertainment.
- To become extinct, to expire.
- To be turned off or extinguished.
adj
- Acting as a champion; having defeated all one's competitors.
- Excellent; brilliant; superb; deserving of high praise.
- Excellent; beyond compare.
noun
- Someone who fights for a cause or status.
- An ongoing winner in a game or contest.
- Someone who fights on another's behalf.
- A particularly notable member of a plant species, such as one of great size.
- Someone who is chosen to represent a group of people in a contest.
verb
noun
- One set of competitors in a game.
- A region in a specified position with respect to something.
- A man who prefers not to engage in anal sex during same-sex sexual activity.
- One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
- A sports team.
- One possible aspect of a concept, person, or thing.
- A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
- A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
- A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
- A group of morris dancers who perform together.
- A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
- The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher.
- A line of descent traced through a particular parent, as distinguished from that traced through another.
- One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
- A written monologue or part of a scene to be read by an actor at an audition.
- The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
- Sidespin; english
- A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
verb
- To clear, tidy or sort.
- To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
- To furnish with a siding.
- To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with"
- To lean on one side.
- To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
adj
- Indirect; oblique; incidental.
- Far; distant.
- Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
adv
noun
- any competition
- a contest of speed
- people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock
- (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species
- the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller
- a canal for a current of water
verb
adj
- With one competitor dominant over the other.
- That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.
- Turned to one side.
- Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group.
- Out of proportion or lopsided.
- Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.
prep_phrase
- Having qualification for an event depend on the upcoming performances of other competitors; hence, at risk of being eliminated, and reversely, being close to qualification; on the verge.
- Uncertain of success.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, bubble.
- The Knights had been on the bubble for the tournament, but played their way in by winning their last five games.
- Holding the last qualifying position with qualification still in progress, and thus liable to lose that position.
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