shootout

shoot·out also shoot-out  (shtout)

n.

1.

a. A gunfight.

b. A battle between military forces.

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

2. Sports

a. A high-scoring period or game.

b. 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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

shootout - a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten gunfight, gunplay fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"