STANDOFF meaning: Confrontation without immediate resolution occurring

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word standoff:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

standoff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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standoff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Standoff, standoff: Wordnik
standoff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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standoff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
standoff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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standoff: Online Etymology Dictionary
standoff: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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standoff: Rhymezone
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standoff: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A device which maintains a fixed distance between two objects, especially between a surface and a sign or electrical wiring.
▸ noun:  A deadlocked confrontation between antagonists.
▸ adjective:  (military) For use at a distance sufficient from the target to allow defensive fire to be evaded.
▸ verb:  Nonstandard spelling of stand off. [To stand some distance apart from something or someone.]

Similar:

tie, draw, repelling, repulsion, setback, stand, offset, stanchion, standage, flagstand, more...

Opposite:

approach, engagement, interaction, connection

Types:

Mexicstandoff, stalemate, draw, more...

Phrases:

Mexican standoff, standoff weapon, Standoff missile, standoff insulator, Bundy standoff, more...

Adjectives:

mexican, nuclear, tense, day, military, long, political, armed, uneasy, hour, current

Colors:

gray, olive, khaki, beige, taupe, more...