noun
- additional contests or methods used to determine a winner when competitors are tied
Usage: sports; games
Examples
- The tennis match went to tiebreakers after each set ended 6-6.
- Both teams had identical records, so tiebreakers were used to determine playoff seeding.
- The quiz bowl used three tiebreakers before declaring a winner.
- According to the rules, head-to-head results serve as the first of several tiebreakers.
- The tournament format includes sudden-death tiebreakers for tied matches.
- When the regular season ended in a tie, the league applied its standard tiebreakers.