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Alternative form of one-on-one [A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams.]
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Alternative form of fifty-fifty [(sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.]
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Alternative form of fifty-fifty [(sports) A challenge between two opposing players, where both have an equal chance of taking possession.]
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(colloquial, UK, Australia, New Zealand) A situation of hedging one's bets, refusing to commit to either side of a question.
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(chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
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To divide a group into teams for a game or sport.
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(chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
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(transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
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Alternative form of double-header [(sports) A pair of games played one after another between the same teams.]
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(sports) A match between two opposing sides.
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One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
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Alternative form of extra time [(sports, UK) An additional period played at the end of a game if the score is tied after the standard allocation of time.]
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A competitive situation, circumstances in which one faces conflicting moves of rivals.
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A game in which forfeits are demanded.
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To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
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That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
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(games, probability) A game in which the outcome is at least partly determined by random variables rather than strictly by strategy.
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(by extension) Finishing in first position, winning
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(sports, theater, obsolete) To maintain order among spectators encircling participants in a prizefight or a performance and keep them from coming too near the participants.
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(neologism) A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.
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A sport which is practiced by two opposing individuals or one individual, rather than a team.
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Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
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Alternative spelling of matchup [A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition]
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A pairing of two things, people or teams, especially for a competition
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A contest between bitter rivals.
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(slang, basketball) A basketball player who plays college basketball for a single year and then declares for the NBA draft.
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A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams.
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Alternative form of one-shot [Needing only a single attempt to become effective.]
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(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the) The only opportunity, activity, or resource available.
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(Early Modern, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of player [One who plays any game or sport.]
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Alternative form of play the man and not the ball [(sports) To attack an opponent instead of attacking the ball, which is usually being controlled by the attacked player at the time.]
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(team sports) To play a game with the availability of a team's full roster of players.
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(chess) Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.
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Runner up or second place for an award
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A game where each player plays for himself or herself, without teams or partners.
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Alternative spelling of round robin [The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.]
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A standard of performance set by the first-placed competitor that lower-placed competitors try to exceed.
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(idiomatic) A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
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(idiomatic) A sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a person.
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The final battle between two nemeses, in which there can be but one victor.
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Alternative form of silver medalist [Someone who has received a silver medal]
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A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.
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Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
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A type of spelling bee in which participants sit down as they are eliminated.
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(gambling, slang) A large amount of money, especially winnings.
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Alternative form of stakeswinning [(horse racing) Having won a stakes race.]
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(gaming, informal) A board game or card game that encourages players to attack their rivals, for example using special cards that impose undesirable effects.
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The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
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One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
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Alternative form of winner-take-all [Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers get anything.]
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Alternative form of winner-take-all [Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers get anything.]
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(economics) Of a market in which a product or service that is only slightly better than its competitors gets a disproportionately large share of revenue.
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Alternative form of winner-take-all [Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers get anything.]
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Alternative form of winner-take-all [Of or pertaining to a contest, election, or other competition in which only the winner is rewarded and none of the losers get anything.]
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(game theory) A game (or a similar political or economic system) in which the gains of some players must equal the losses of others.
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