tiebreak

tiebreak noun: a tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.

Noun

tiebreak (plural tiebreaks)

A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
- Should the score in the tiebreak become tied at 6 points all, play must continue until one player has a two point advantage.1988, Anne Pittman, Tennis, page 100
- If there have not been any major errors in the service reception, then the service reception strategy should not be changed during the tiebreak.2003, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Willy Spitzley, Handbook for Competitive Volleyball, Meyer & Meyer, UK, page 297

tiebreak (third-person singular simple present tiebreaks, present participle tiebreaking, simple past tiebroke, past participle tiebroken)

To break a tie.
- As the end of the game, game tiebroke in favor of triad, inexplicably. I thought that two people on different teams(even if nominally aligned), like a Triad and a Judge lost ties against single factions with more members(2 town).2014 February 13, “Judge and Triad Enforcer win tiebreak over two Doctors.”, in Sc2 Mafia, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2024

Noun
plural	tiebreaks
Verb
third-person singular present	tiebreaks
present participle	tiebreaking
past	tiebroke
past participle	tiebroken

From tie + break.

What does tiebreak mean?: Tiebreak means a tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
What part of speech is tiebreak?: Tiebreak can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of tiebreak?: The plural of tiebreak is tiebreaks.

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