Meaning

5 senses
  1. A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.

    Schießerei, Schusswechsel

    перестре́лкаperestrélka

  2. A penalty shootout.

    се́рия пена́льтиsérija penálʹti

  3. A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.

    се́рия бу́ллитовsérija búllitov

  4. 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. A match in which both teams score highly.

More definitions
  • a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom died in a shootout with the police.

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  2. Three police officers were injured in the shootout.

    ruПри перестрелке были ранены три полицейских.

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  3. She was in the middle of the shootout.

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  4. Rodrigo was in the midst of a shootout.

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  5. Gunter and his men all died during the shootout.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
decisive battle:
football (soccer):
ice hockey:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
decisive battle:

Origin

Deverbal from shoot out.

Deverbal from shoot out.

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Forms

plural: shootouts

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten:gunfightgunplay

See also

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