shootout

See also: shoot out and shoot-out

English

Alternative forms

• shoot-out

Etymology

Deverbal from shoot out.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːtaʊt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

shootout (plural shootouts)

1. A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
2. (soccer) A penalty shootout.
3. (ice hockey) A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
4. (poker) A multitable poker tournament in which only the last player on a table goes on to the next.

   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.

5. (sports) A match in which both teams score highly.

Derived terms

• (sports): SO (abbreviation)

Translations

decisive battle

• Catalan: tiroteig (ca) m
• German: Schießerei (de) f, Schusswechsel (de) m
• Greek: πιστολίδι (el) n (pistolídi)
• Italian: resa dei conti, sparatoria (it) f
• Macedonian: пре́стрелка f (préstrelka)
• Polish: strzelanina (pl) f
• Portuguese: tiroteio (pt) m
• Romanian: schimb de focuri n
• Russian: перестре́лка (ru) f (perestrélka)
• Spanish: tiroteo (es) m, balacera (es) f (Americas)
• Turkish: silahlı çatışma
• Welsh: brwydr saethu f

football (soccer)

• French: tirs au but (fr) m pl
• Russian: се́рия пена́льти f (sérija penálʹti)

ice hockey

• Russian: се́рия бу́ллитов f (sérija búllitov)

Anagrams

• outshoot