playoff
Meaning
- A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
- (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
- (UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
- A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.
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Etymology
Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.
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