tie-break

A form of tiebreak — A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score.

Meanings

nountie-break (plural tie-breaks)

plural tie-breaks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tiebreak.
    1 more example

    The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.

    2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016
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APA

tie-break. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tie-break

MLA

“tie-break.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tie-break. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tie-break,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tie-break.

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