单词 | shoot-out |
释义 | shoot-outn. Originally U.S. 1. A sustained exchange of shooting, a gun-fight. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of flitec1000 strifea1225 wara1300 pulla1400 lakec1420 contenta1450 stour?c1450 contentiona1500 pingle1543 agony1555 feudc1565 combat1567 skirmish1576 grapple1604 counter-scuffle1628 scuffle1641 agon1649 tug1660 tug of war1677 risse1684 struggle1692 palaver1707 hash1789 warsle1792 scrabble1794 set-to1794 go1823 bucklea1849 wrestle1850 tussle1857 head-to-head1884 scrum1905 battleground1931 shoot-out1953 mud-wrestle1986 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > exchange of firing shoot-up1922 shoot-out1953 1953 N.Y. Times 5 July vii. 13/2 The justly famous shoot-out between the Earps and the Clantons in the O-K Corral. 1968 ‘J. R. Macdonald’ Instant Enemy xxx. 188 The last thing needed was the kind of shoot-out in which innocent people could get hurt. 1969 Daily Tel. 17 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 15/3 In one ‘shoot-out’ that developed, Oakland police killed a 17-year-old Panther, Bobby Hutton, while he was unarmed. 1975 Atlanta Jrnl. 20 Jan. 1/2 In the ensuing shootout Sunday, the man who fired the shot was killed. 1981 Economist 8 Aug. 34/1 The normal run of muggings, burglaries and rapes has been exacerbated by shootouts..among ‘cocaine cowboys’. 2. transferred. In Football, a tie-breaker (see quot. 1978). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > tie-break shoot-out1978 1978 Guardian Weekly 16 June 19/4 If the match is still tied..the teams resort to a shoot-out. Five different members of each team take a free shot at goal, starting from the 25 yard line and having five seconds to dribble the ball before shooting. If even these ten shots fail to produce a decision, they play a sudden death shoot-out until one side wins. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 May 48/9 Johann Scharmann converted the deciding shot in a shootout to win it for Detroit Express. Draft additions 1993 b. figurative. An intense and decisive contest; a dispute or competition. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > a contest or competition > decisive Waterloo1816 shoot-out1975 1975 Business Week 27 Oct. 94 f He would like congress to fund a ‘shoot-out’ contest between two prototype platforms. 1976 Washington Post 19 Apr. a4/1 Church's strategy is to have the decisive shoot~out on the Senate floor in a major public debate. 1978 Fortune 31 Dec. 59 In the quick-draw tradition of the Old Wild West stagecoach, the two major lines have responded to adversity..by taking on one another in a fierce and profitless shootout over passenger fares. 1985 Dirt Bike Mar. 24/1 In our year-end shootout the Kawasaki finally came out on top by virtue of sheer horsepower. 1987 Darts World Mar. 24/3 He reduced the arrears to 3–1 with a 21-dart shootout. 1988 Squash World May–June 19/4 Cardwell and Irving set off at a furious pace and a memorable shoot-out looked in prospect as they shared the opening two games in just 20 minutes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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