penalty shootout

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penalty shootout

noun penalty shootouts · penalty shoot-out

  1. 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. 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.

    Similar: penalties, penalty kicks

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noun a series of penalty kicks

Españoltanda de penaltis
한국어승부차기 seungbuchagi
中文點球大戰 /点球大战
हिन्दीपेनाल्टी लेना penālṭī lenā
Portuguêsdisputa por pênaltis, pênaltis
Françaistirs au but
DeutschElfmeterschießen
Русскийсе́рия послематчевых пена́льти sérija poslematčevyx penálʹti
العربيةرَكَلَات التَّرْجِيح rakalāt at-tarjīḥ

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@misc{penalty_shootout_2026,
  title = {penalty shootout},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/penalty%20shootout},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}