- penalty shoot-out
- noun (C) a series of penalty kicks used as a way of deciding which team has won a football game
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
penalty shoot-out
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penalty shoot-out — noun An attempt to settle a tied football match by having each team take a series of penalty kicks • • • Main Entry: ↑penalty * * * ˌpenalty ˈshoot out [penalty shoot out] noun (in football ( ↑ … Useful english dictionary
penalty shoot-out — penalty shoot outs N COUNT In soccer, a penalty shoot out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game.… … English dictionary
penalty shoot-out — n an occasion when each team in a football match takes penalty kicks until one team misses the ↑goal used as a way of deciding which team will win when the ordinary part of the match has ended in a ↑draw … Dictionary of contemporary English
penalty shoot-out — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms penalty shoot out : singular penalty shoot out plural penalty shoot outs in football, a series of chances to kick the ball into the goal, given to both teams as a way of deciding who wins the game when both… … English dictionary
penalty shoot-out — Soccer a tiebreaker decided by each side taking a specified number of penalty kicks. → shoot out … English new terms dictionary
shoot-out — shoot outs 1) N COUNT A shoot out is a fight in which people shoot at each other with guns. Three IRA men were killed in the shoot out. ...a bloody shoot out between rival gangs that killed 18 people. 2) N COUNT In games such as soccer, a shoot… … English dictionary
shoot-out — n a fight using guns ▪ Two people were killed tonight in a shoot out with police. →↑penalty shoot out … Dictionary of contemporary English
shoot-out — shoot ,out noun count 1. ) a fight using guns 2. ) a PENALTY SHOOT OUT … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
shoot-out — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms shoot out : singular shoot out plural shoot outs 1) a fight using guns 2) a penalty shoot out … English dictionary
shoot-out — noun 1》 informal a decisive gun battle. 2》 (usu. penalty shoot out) Soccer a tiebreaker decided by each side taking a specified number of penalty kicks … English new terms dictionary
