Associations to the word «Shootout»

Wiktionary

SHOOTOUT, noun. A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.
SHOOTOUT, noun. (football) penalty shootout
SHOOTOUT, noun. (ice hockey) a series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.

Dictionary definition

SHOOTOUT, noun. A fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats