Playoff

What do we mean by playoff?

A final game or series of games played to break a tie. noun

A series of games played to determine a championship. noun

A final game in a series needed to break a tie. noun

A short series of games to select a league champion. noun

Any final competition to determine a championship noun

A final game in a series needed to break a tie.

A short series of games to select a league champion.

When someone's voice cracks. Once this happens, you yell "Playoffs!" in a high falsetto tone. Then you can comment about how puberty hit them like a ton of bricks. If it's really bad you can honk at them like a goose. Urban Dictionary

A so-called "fan" who only shows up for the fun part of the season to criticize (who is quick to jump off the band wagon at the first sign of defeat), yet can't even SPELL "hockey," "baseball," "basketball," etc. the other ten months of the year. Urban Dictionary

The hairy result of a superstition turned tradition in the National Hockey League (NHL) by which players of a given team refuse to shave their beards upon making it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. In recent years, this tradition has extended from players to fans, making an unkempt beard during playoff season acceptably insofar as one's team of choice is still working toward Lord Stanley's Cup. The beard can only be shaven off under two conditions: (1) The team of choice has won Lord Stanley's Cup and hoist it high as the National Champions; (2) The team of choice has lost the playoffs and must shave themselves to begin preparing for next season. Urban Dictionary

Injuries that certain basketball players have, sometimes associated with game 5 losses. Urban Dictionary

A playoff team is the team that you choose to root for in the post season after realizing that your team sucks. Urban Dictionary

Originally a prideful self-declared nickname that NBA basketball player Paul George gave himself during the 2018 NBA Playoffs, but later turned viral Twitter meme and absolute mega roast after Paul George’s shit performance vs the Denver Nuggets in game 7 of the 2020 Western Conference Finals, leading to the loss and ultimate elimination of the LA Clippers. Also popularly referenced as “Pandemic P” due to the 2020 NBA Playoffs taking place at the same time as the COVID-19 Pandemic. Urban Dictionary

A person who is not able to perform to his usual strengths when it is most needed. Urban Dictionary

A playoff fan is a sports fan who has no interest in a sport or a team during the regular season. But come playoff time, that same fan is transformed into the biggest diehard fan you have ever seen. Urban Dictionary

A reference to cocaine. Only to be used when it's getting late and you need that extra push to keep going. Urban Dictionary

The ungratification of your team being kicked out of the playoffs. Usually when your team gets deeper into the playoffs the harder and more difficult it is to understand. It may take days or weeks to knock yourself out of the state of playoff hangover. And if your team improves it makes you want even more for the playoffs to come just to be disappointed again or finally win the championship. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to playoff:
playoff, payoff, layoff, play off, play-off.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word playoff:
berth, birdie, clinched, contention, nfc, seeding, semifinal, shutout, divisional, pga, oilers, spurs, overtime, ers, mvp, flyers, spot, penguins, afc, hole, leafs, assists, missed, bye, nhl, par, patriots, seeded, hawks, swept, bowl, nba, tied, relegated, streak, rams, jets, relegation, seed, aggregate, drought, mls, devils, giants, games, meeting, stanley, flames, tie, round, champions, holes, eliminated, franchise, game, eventual, hopes, conference, win, elimination, cut, nfl, quarterback, tampa, determine, wins, yards, champion, championship, detroit, serie, rushing, dallas, eagles, calgary, losing, goals, rangers, touchdown, promotion, rounds, winning, points, qualify, record, scoring, appearance, appearances, format, montreal, winner, loss, consecutive, pittsburgh, roster, victory, defeated, rookie, season, super.

Words that rhyme with playoff:
off, trough, scoff, cough, cutoff, loffe, lay off, runoff, quaff, standoff, boff, payoff, tradeoff, put off, doff, take off, kickoff, takeoff, set off, drop-off, go off, drop off, cut off, get off, pull off, pay off, layoff, spinoff, kick off, pilaf, sign off, round off, rip off, show off, gough, knockoff, write off, stave off, knock off, piss off, run off, spin off, back off, come off, call off, turnoff, face off, ward off, goff, stroganoff, mazeltov, hold off, liftoff, rudolf, troff, tick off, break off, khrushchev, turn off, roll off, fend off, tip off, square off, head off, blow off, ripoff, tell off, brush off, romanov, pass off, fall off, shroff, cloff, fob off, snoff, molotov, cast off, rub off, mof, send off, checkoff, laugh off, jack off, hoff, lauf, knopf, shake off, let off, jerk-off, toss off, whooping cough, carry off, hof, live off, throw off, blastoff, give off, wear off, haaf, tipoff.

Adjectives that are often used to describe playoff:
game, hole, death, first, divisional, three, sudden, way, team, final, national, second, fast, onegame, special, season, dramatic, quick, round, historic, ever, man, possible, five, thrilling, regional, theatrical, giant, exciting, double, professional, sevengame.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective playoff:
time, teams, appearances.

Consonant match to playoff:
play off, play-off, plea if.

Words that sound like playoff:
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