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1. : a battle fought with handguns or rifles. 2. : something resembling a shoot-out. broadly : showdown. 3. : a shooting competition in overtime that is used to determine the winner of a game (as in soccer or hockey) tied at the end of regular play. Examples of shoot-out in a Sentence.
a way of deciding who will win a game of football, hockey, or ice hockey in which both teams finished with the same number of goals, by each team taking turns to have a set number of kicks or hits at the goal: They have twice beaten England in semi-final shootouts.
Shootout definition: a gunfight that must end in defeat for one side or the other, as between gunfighters in the Old West, criminal groups, or law-enforcement officers and criminals.. See examples of SHOOTOUT used in a sentence.
In games such as football, a shoot-out or a penalty shoot-out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game.
n. 1. a. 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. 2. Sports. a. A high-scoring period or game. b.
noun. /ˈʃuːt aʊt/ a fight that is fought with guns until one side is killed or defeated. He was killed in a shoot-out in a Chicago hotel room. The three-day siege began in a bloody shoot-out on Sunday morning. see also penalty shoot-out. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
n. 1. a. 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. 2. Sports. a. A high-scoring period or game. b.
