Usually means: Decides outcome when competitors equal.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word tiebreaker:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. tiebreaker: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tiebreaker: Merriam-Webster
  3. tiebreaker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tiebreaker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. tiebreaker: Collins English Dictionary
  6. tiebreaker: Vocabulary.com
  7. Tiebreaker, tiebreaker: Wordnik
  8. tiebreaker: Wiktionary
  9. tiebreaker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. tiebreaker: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. tiebreaker: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. tiebreaker: Dictionary.com
  13. tiebreaker: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Tiebreaker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. tiebreaker: Rhymezone
  16. tiebreaker: FreeDictionary.org
  17. tiebreaker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. tiebreaker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tiebreaker: Encyclopedia

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Racquetball Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Sports Terms (No longer online)
  3. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  4. Tiebreaker: Sports Definitions

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▸ noun:  Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.

Similar:
tie-break, tie break, tiebreak, elimination question, play-off, playoff, countback, Champions tiebreak, mini-break, mini-hold, more...

Types:
sudden death, overtime, shootout, penalty kicks, more...

Adjectives:
point, set, first, second, third, next, final

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Similar:
tie-break, tie break, tiebreak, elimination question, play-off, playoff, countback, Champions tiebreak, mini-break, mini-hold, more...

Types:
sudden death, overtime, shootout, penalty kicks, more...

Adjectives:
point, set, first, second, third, next, final



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