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March Madness

March Madness proper noun: the NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments.

Proper noun

March Madness

  1. (US) The NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments.

Origin of March Madness

From the month of March, during which most of the tournament matches take place. The "madness" part is probably an allusion to the phrase mad as a March hare.

Words formed from March Madness

  • Arch Madness

Questions about March Madness

What does March Madness mean?
March Madness means the NCAA Division I basketball championship tournaments.
What part of speech is March Madness?
March Madness is a proper noun.

Words near March Madness in the dictionary

  1. March break
  2. March breaks
  3. March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb
  4. march flies
  5. march fly
  6. March Madness
  7. march music
  8. march on
  9. march past
  10. March Revolution
  11. march to a different beat

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