Dictionary

tiebreak en · NOUN

Etymology

From tie + break.

Meanings

1. A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.
   • Simon committed only one unforced error in the 47-minute opening set, which required a tiebreak to settle it. 2009 January 23, Bruce Matthews, “Gooch gets a hand”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2009:
   • 2003, Athanasios Papageorgiou, Willy Spitzley, Handbook for Competitive Volleyball, Meyer & Meyer, UK, page 297, If there have not been any major errors in the service reception, then the service reception strategy should not be changed during the tiebreak.
   • 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:

Forms

tiebreak en · VERB

Etymology

From tie + break.

Meanings

1. 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:

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Deriveds

Champions tiebreak