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penalty shootouts

penalty shootouts is the plural 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

Questions about penalty shootouts

What is penalty shootouts the plural of?
Penalty shootouts is the plural of penalty shootout.

Words near penalty shootouts in the dictionary

  1. penalty rate
  2. penalty rates
  3. penalty shoot-out
  4. penalty shoot-outs
  5. penalty shootout
  6. penalty shootouts
  7. penalty shot
  8. penalty shots
  9. penalty spot
  10. penalty spots
  11. penalty throw

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