SHOOTOUT

gunfight, gunplay, shootout

(noun) a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

From the verb phrase shoot out.

Noun

shootout (plural shootouts)

A decisive battle, especially a gunfight.

(football) A penalty shootout.

(ice hockey) A series of penalty shots during which a tied game is resolved.

(poker) A multitable poker tournament in which only the last player on a table goes on to the next.

Anagrams

• outshoot

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

30 April 2024

NURSE

(verb) treat carefully; “He nursed his injured back by lying in bed several hours every afternoon”; “He nursed the flowers in his garden and fertilized them regularly”


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