shoot-out

Variant of shootout

shootout definition

☆ shoot·out or shoot-out shoot′·-out′ (s̸ho̵̅o̅t′o̵ut′)

noun

    1. a battle with handguns, etc., as between police and criminals
    2. any confrontation to settle a conflict
  2. Sports any of various procedures used to break a tie at the end of a game, as, in soccer, one in which each team is given penalty kicks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.