bye Definition

bye¹
noun

1. sport.
A pass into the next round of a competition, given to a competitor or team that has not been given an opponent in the current round.
2. cricket.
A run scored from a ball which the batsman has not hit or touched. See also leg-bye, steal a bye at steal.
3. golf.
The holes remaining after the match is decided, played as a subsidiary game.

Idiom: by the bye

See by the by at by.

Etymology: 18c in sense 2, and first used to mean a minor or side event in sports such as cockfighting; an altered form of by.

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bye²
bye-bye
exclamation

1. colloq
Goodbye.