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shootout

/ˈʃuːtaʊt/

shootout noun: a decisive battle, especially a gunfight.

Noun

shootout (plural shootouts)

  1. A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
  2. A penalty shootout.
  3. A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.
  4. A 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.
  5. A match in which both teams score highly.

shootout meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu

shootout in Hindi

shootout, shooting
गोलीबारी golībārī

shootout in Tamil

வேட்டம் கொள்ளல்

shootout in Marathi

शूटआऊट

shootout in Telugu

షూటౌట్
More languagesFewer languages
shootout in Punjabi
ਸ਼ੂਟਆਊਟ
shootout in Gujarati
શૂટઆઉટ

Forms of shootout

pluralshootouts
alternative formshoot-out

Origin of shootout

Deverbal from shoot out.

Words formed from shootout

Phrases with shootout

Questions about shootout

What does shootout mean?
Shootout means a decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
What is shootout in Hindi?
Shootout in Hindi is गोलीबारी (golībārī). See Shootout meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is shootout?
Shootout is a noun.
How do you pronounce shootout?
Shootout is pronounced /ˈʃuːtaʊt/.
What is the plural of shootout?
The plural of shootout is shootouts.

Words near shootout in the dictionary

  1. shootling
  2. shootlings
  3. Shooto
  4. shootoff
  5. shootoffs
  6. shootout
  7. shootouts
  8. shootress
  9. shootresses
  10. shoots
  11. shoots a rope

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shootout (page history and authors); गोलीबारी (Hindi) (page history and authors); shootout (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shootout (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shootout (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shootout (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shootout (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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