noun
Meaning 1
A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shootout
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/ˈʃuːtaʊt/
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noun
Meaning 2
A penalty shootout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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noun
Meaning 3
A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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noun
Meaning 4
A multitable poker tournament in which only the last player on a table goes on to the next.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
Examples
- 64 players entered the shooutout tournament, and were divided into eight tables of eight players each. The winner in each table went on to the final table, also consisting of eight players.
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noun
Meaning 5
A match in which both teams score highly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gunfight, gunplay
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fight, fighting, combat, scrap
History
Etymology
Deverbal from shoot out.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: tiroteig — decisive battle
- German: Schießerei — decisive battle
- German: Schusswechsel — decisive battle
- Greek: πιστολίδι (pistolídi) — decisive battle
- Italian: resa dei conti — decisive battle
- Italian: sparatoria — decisive battle
- Macedonian: пре́стрелка (préstrelka) — decisive battle
- Polish: strzelanina — decisive battle
- Portuguese: tiroteio — decisive battle
- Romanian: schimb de focuri — decisive battle
- Russian: перестре́лка (perestrélka) — decisive battle
- Spanish: tiroteo — decisive battle
- Spanish: balacera — decisive battle
- Spanish: baleadura — decisive battle
- Spanish: baleo — decisive battle
- Turkish: silahlı çatışma — decisive battle
- Welsh: brwydr saethu — decisive battle
- French: tirs au but — football (soccer)
- Russian: се́рия пена́льти (sérija penálʹti) — football (soccer)
- Russian: се́рия бу́ллитов (sérija búllitov) — ice hockey
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