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# shootout

noun (a shootout, shootouts; also shoot-out)

«shootout» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A shootout is a fight with guns between two people or groups. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#m1)
2. (sport) A penalty shootout is a way to decide a drawn match: players take turns to shoot at goal, and the team that scores more wins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#m2)

### In the lessons

In sport, especially football and hockey, a shootout ends a drawn game. In Wild West stories, a shootout is a gunfight. Phrases: «penalty shootout», «win on a shootout», «go to a shootout».

### Examples

- The match was a draw, so it went to a penalty shootout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#x1)
- We won the shootout 5–4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#x2)
- In the film there was a shootout at noon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#x3)
- The goalkeeper saved three shots in the shootout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#x4)
- Each team takes 5 kicks in a shootout. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#x5)
- The police ended the shootout safely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/#x6)

### Note

Also written «shoot-out». In a shootout score like 5–4, the bigger number wins; the match score stays a draw.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shootout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shootout/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shootout» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shootout.html) on Mova free.