Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Tourney /tẽrn'-ē/ · Tour·ney · IPA /ˈtɝni/ n. v. i. 01 n. A tournament. 1. A tournament. “At tilt or tourney or like warlike game.” — Spenser. “We hold a tourney here to-morrow morn, And there is scantly time for half the work.” — Tennyson. 02 v. i. To perform in tournaments; to tilt. 1. To perform in tournaments; to tilt. “Well could he tourney, and in lists debate.” — Spenser.