Meanings
plural shootouts · alternative shoot-out
- ball gamesA penalty shootout.
- hobbiesA series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
- card gamesA 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.
- hobbiesA match in which both teams score highly.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from shoot out.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan tiroteig
- tiroteigdecisive battle
French tirs au but
- tirs au butfootball (soccer)
German Schießerei, Schusswechsel
- Schießereidecisive battle
- Schusswechseldecisive battle
Greek πιστολίδι
- πιστολίδι (pistolídi)decisive battle
Italian resa dei conti, sparatoria
- resa dei contidecisive battle
- sparatoriadecisive battle
Polish strzelanina
- strzelaninadecisive battle
Portuguese tiroteio
- tiroteiodecisive battle
Romanian schimb de focuri
- schimb de focuridecisive battle
Russian перестре́лка, се́рия пена́льти
- перестре́лка (perestrélka)decisive battle
- се́рия пена́льти (sérija penálʹti)football (soccer)
- се́рия бу́ллитов (sérija búllitov)ice hockey
Spanish tiroteo, balacera
- tiroteodecisive battle
- balaceradecisive battle
- baleaduradecisive battle
- baleodecisive battle
Turkish silahlı çatışma
- silahlı çatışmadecisive battle
Welsh brwydr saethu
- brwydr saethudecisive battle
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Cite this entry
shootout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shootout
“shootout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shootout. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shootout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shootout.
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