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shoot·out also shoot-out   (shōōt'out')   
n.  

    1. A gunfight.

    2. A battle between military forces.

    3. Slang A dispute or conflict to settle a disagreement: The marriage ended in a legal shootout.

    4. A high-scoring period or game.

    5. A means of resolving a tie after overtime in soccer and often in hockey, in which five players from each side alternately take individual shots on a goal defended by a goalie.

  2. Sports

    1. A high-scoring period or game.

    2. A means of resolving a tie after overtime in soccer and often in hockey, in which five players from each side alternately take individual shots on a goal defended by a goalie.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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shoot-out

  1. n.
    a gunfight. : There was a big shoot-out at the end of the movie.
  2. n.
    an argument. : When the shoot-out was over, the boss—confident she had won—went back into her office. , A big public shoot-out like that sours morale a lot.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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