playoff
nounEtymology Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.
1
A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
3
UK A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
4
A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
- Derived terms
- nonplayoff, playoff beard, preplayoff, Shaughnessy playoff
- Related terms
- play off