tie-break

See also: tiebreak and tie break

English

Noun

tie-break (plural tie-breaks)

1. Alternative form of tiebreak
   • 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 November 2016:

     The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match.

Anagrams

• bakerite, rebetika

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tie-break.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtajˈbrɛk/, (careful style) /ˌtajˈbrɛjk/, (careful style) /ˌtajˈbrejk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk, (careful style) -ɛjk, (careful style) -ejk

Noun

tie-break m (plural tie-breaks or invariable)

1. (tennis, volleyball) tiebreaker