What does PLAYOFF mean?
Definitions for PLAYOFF
play·off
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Princeton's WordNet
playoffnoun
any final competition to determine a championship
Wiktionary
playoffnoun
A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
playoffnoun
A short series of games to select a league champion.
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playoff
A playoff is a competition or series of contests that determines the champion or winner of a sports event, tournament, or league. This happens after the regular season and typically involves teams or participants with the highest rankings or scores.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PLAYOFF in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PLAYOFF in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of PLAYOFF in a Sentence
In the Marathon Classic, I played a playoff with Chella Choi... I thought too much that I want to be champion, so I don't want to think about being leader.
This was an elation to see you get a touchdown in a playoff game, i mean oh my gosh, how good did that feel? How good does that feel after all these years?
I'm very disappointed with the result but on the other hand, I'm very proud of the guys, they fought. It was a real playoff match against not the weakest team in the world. We looked decent. And penalties – it's a question of luck... and fate.
This meant everything to me, it’s been so long since we’ve had a full crowd in there, I swear to God it felt like a playoff game at the start of the game, the nerves I had, the intensity. I had to kind of slow myself down after that first hitter. It was just so much fun, and to pull out the win the way we did makes it even more special.
As many games as we blew in the first half of the season — it would have been nice to have won some of those games because we would be in first right now, but everything happens for a reason. We take it one game at a time and we'll see where we're at playoff time.
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