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penalty shoot-out

penalty shoot-out is the alternative spelling of penalty shootout.

Meaning of penalty shootout

Noun

penalty shootout (plural penalty shootouts)

  1. (field hockey) A 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 Guardian

Forms of penalty shoot-out

pluralpenalty shoot-outs

Questions about penalty shoot-out

What is penalty shoot-out the alternative spelling of?
Penalty shoot-out is the alternative spelling of penalty shootout.

Words near penalty shoot-out in the dictionary

  1. penalty phases
  2. penalty point
  3. penalty points
  4. penalty rate
  5. penalty rates
  6. penalty shoot-out
  7. penalty shoot-outs
  8. penalty shootout
  9. penalty shootouts
  10. penalty shot
  11. penalty shots

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