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playoff.

A final game in a series needed to break a tie.

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.

  2. A short series of games to select a league champion.

    Canada · US
  3. A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).

    UK
  4. A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.

Where this word comes from

Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.