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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King