shootout

«shootout» in Mova's school dictionary: a fight with guns between two people or groups — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a shootout, shootouts; also shoot-out)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shootout is a fight with guns between two people or groups. tree →

2) (sport) A penalty shootout is a way to decide a drawn match: players take turns to shoot at goal, and the team that scores more wins. tree →

sense in the lessons

In sport, especially football and hockey, a shootout ends a drawn game. In Wild West stories, a shootout is a gunfight. Phrases: «penalty shootout», «win on a shootout», «go to a shootout».

examples

• The match was a draw, so it went to a penalty shootout. tree →
• We won the shootout 5–4. tree →
• In the film there was a shootout at noon. tree →
• The goalkeeper saved three shots in the shootout. tree →
• Each team takes 5 kicks in a shootout. tree →
• The police ended the shootout safely. tree →

note

Also written «shoot-out». In a shootout score like 5–4, the bigger number wins; the match score stays a draw.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shootout» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.