Tiebreaker (Noun)
Meaning
Overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The tennis match went into a tiebreaker in the final set to determine the winner of the championship.
- The soccer game was still tied after extra time, so a penalty shootout was used as a tiebreaker to decide the winner.
- The team that won the coin toss got to choose whether to kick or receive the ball in the overtime tiebreaker.
- In the event of a tie, the tournament rules stated that a sudden-death tiebreaker would be played to determine the winner.
- The crowd was on the edge of their seats as the players took to the court for the tiebreaker, which would decide the winner of the grueling five-set match.