Meanings
plural penalty shootouts · alternative penalty shoot-out
- field hockeyball gamesA series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.
This was an eighth game without defeat, penalty shootouts aside, over Hodgson's brief tenure but, by the end, this whole occasion had been stripped of any competitive nature.
2012 September 7, Dominic Fifield, “England start World Cup campaign with five-goal romp against Moldova”, in The GuardianSynonyms: penalties, penalty kicks
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.
Translations
Arabic رَكَلَات التَّرْجِيح
- رَكَلَات التَّرْجِيح (rakalāt at-tarjīḥ)a series of penalty kicks
Chinese Mandarin 點球大戰 /点球大战
- 點球大戰 /点球大战a series of penalty kicks
Danish straffesparkskonkurrence
- straffesparkskonkurrencea series of penalty kicks
Dutch strafschoppenserie
- strafschoppenseriea series of penalty kicks
Finnish rangaistuslaukauskilpailu, rangaistuspotkukilpailu
- rangaistuslaukauskilpailua series of penalty kicks
- rangaistuspotkukilpailua series of penalty kicks
French tirs au but
- tirs au buta series of penalty kicks
German Elfmeterschießen, Penaltyschiessen
- Elfmeterschießena series of penalty kicks
- Penaltyschiessena series of penalty kicks
Hindi पेनाल्टी लेना
- पेनाल्टी लेना (penālṭī lenā)a series of penalty kicks
Hungarian tizenegyespárbaj, büntetőpárbaj
- tizenegyespárbaja series of penalty kicks
- büntetőpárbaja series of penalty kicks
Icelandic vítakeppni
- vítakeppnia series of penalty kicks
Irish ciceanna éirice
- ciceanna éiricea series of penalty kicks
Korean 승부차기
- 승부차기 (seungbuchagi)a series of penalty kicks
Norwegian Bokmål straffesparkkonkurranse
- straffesparkkonkurransea series of penalty kicks
Polish seria rzutów karnych
- seria rzutów karnycha series of penalty kicks
Portuguese disputa por pênaltis, pênaltis
- disputa por pênaltisa series of penalty kicks
- pênaltisa series of penalty kicks
Russian се́рия послематчевых пена́льти
- се́рия послематчевых пена́льти (sérija poslematčevyx penálʹti)a series of penalty kicks
Spanish tanda de penaltis
- tanda de penaltisa series of penalty kicks
Swedish straffsparksläggning, straffar
- straffsparksläggninga series of penalty kicks
- straffara series of penalty kicks
- straffläggninga series of penalty kicks
Cite this entry
penalty shootout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20shootout
“penalty shootout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20shootout. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “penalty shootout,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/penalty%20shootout.
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