tournament

Definition

  • noun: a sports competition or series of contests that involves many players or teams and that usually continues for at least several days
  • noun: a knightly sport of the Middle Ages between mounted combatants armed with blunted lances or swords and divided into two parties contesting for a prize or favor bestowed by the lady of the tournament

Examples

  • She's an excellent tennis player who has won many 'tournaments'.

  • a basketball/golf 'tournament'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Fella won some local school comp. Cleaned them all up. Then tried to burn down the school. I told his parole officer that we're going to this... This tournament. Be like his community service. They went for it. Gen, you probably think I'm being some big arsehole. But you talk dreams to those kids, (..)
    2014 The Dark Horse
  • (..) You'll rev them up with some new and exciting idea, then you're gonna go off the rails, and we're not gonna see you again. They don't need some big, delusional tournament. They don't even have parents. Just fuckin' gangs and jails. They're not even around. They need people (..)
    2014 The Dark Horse