shootout
☆ or shoot-out
noun
- a battle with handguns, etc., as between police and criminals
- any confrontation to settle a conflict
- 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
See shootout in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also shoot-out (sho͞otˈoutˌ)
nouna. A gunfight.
b. A battle between military forces.
c. Slang A dispute or conflict to settle a disagreement: The marriage ended in a legal shootout.
- Sports
a. A high-scoring period or game.
b. A means of resolving a tie after overtime in soccer and often in hockey, in which five players from each side alternately take individual shots on a goal defended by a goalie.
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