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TIEBREAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiebreaker mean?
• TIEBREAKER (noun)
The noun TIEBREAKER has 1 sense:
1. overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
Familiarity information: TIEBREAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("tiebreaker" is a kind of...):
extra time; overtime (playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie)
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