💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "March madness"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| selection mondaynoun | (US, basketball) The Monday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament are selected. |
| selection sundaynoun | (US, basketball) The Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected. |
| final fournoun | (basketball, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion. |
| elite eightnoun | (basketball, US, informal) The eight teams participating in the regional finals of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion. |
| sweet sixteennoun | (US, informal) A girl's sixteenth birthday, or sixteenth-birthday party and a related coming of age party. |
| frozen fournoun | (ice hockey, US, informal) The four regional champions of the NCAA Division I tournament, one of whom will become the national champion. |
| big dancenoun | (sports) A final. |
| bracket busternoun | (US, basketball, informal) An American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament. |
| basketballdomnoun | The world of basketball. |
| hoopsnoun | (US, slang) Basketball. |
| dirty dozennoun | The twelve species of fruits and vegetables that are declared the most likely to be contaminated by pesticides over the last year. |
| nationalnoun | A subject of a nation. |
| basketbrawlnoun | (uncountable) Highly physical basketball play. |
| bracketologynoun | (US) The practice of predicting and analyzing sports tournament brackets. |
| tourneynoun | A tournament. |
| hoopnoun | A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. |
| basketballingnoun | Playing basketball. |
| tournoun | A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. |
| basketnoun | A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom. |
| minibasketnoun | mini-basketball. |
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