Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penalty shootout

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: penal-ty shootout
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.

Example Sentences

"This was an eighth game without defeat, penalty shootouts aside, over Hodgson's brief tenure but, by the end, this whole occasion had been stripped of any competitive nature."

Inflected Forms

penalty shootouts (plural) penalty shoot-out (alternative)

Synonyms

penalties penalty kicks

Questions

What does penalty shootout mean?: A series of penalties (penalty kicks in soccer), taken to decide a winner after a game has resulted in a tie and extra time has been played.

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