Definition of "shoot out"

shoot out

noun
plural shoot outs
1. Alternative spelling of shootout
verb
third-person singular simple present shoots out, present participle shooting out, simple past and past participle shot out
1. To destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.
  Quotations
  The rear window was shot out and there were two bullet holes in the rear seat, where a spent bullet and fragments of another were found.
  2006, MaryConway Stewart, No Peace, No Justice: Press & Prosecution Create a Poisonous Myth an Intelligent Appraisal of the York "Riot" Trials, Xlibris Corporation, page 37
2. To completely extirpate (wildlife) from an area by shooting.
  Quotations
  At the time of European settlement I could have got them on the outskirts of Melbourne but these slow-moving creatures apparently taste delicious and were quickly shot out.
  2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 174
3. To emerge with great speed.
4. To fire from a weapon.

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