Associations to the word «Playoff»

Wiktionary

PLAYOFF, noun. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
PLAYOFF, noun. (US) A short series of games to select a league champion.
PLAYOFF BEARD, noun. (US) (Canada) (sports) A beard grown by members of a sports team as a sign of unity or good luck during the postseason.
PLAYOFF BEARDS, noun. Plural of playoff beard

Dictionary definition

PLAYOFF, noun. Any final competition to determine a championship.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats