'standoff' definitions:
Definition of 'standoff'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'standoff'
From: GCIDE
- standoff \stand"off\ n.
- 1. A situation in a contest in which the winner is undecided; a draw or stalemate.
- Syn: draw; tie; stalemate; deadlock [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A successful stand.
- Syn: repulsion, repelling [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Something that serves to keep one object at a distance from another, such as a prop attached to the top of a ladder to keep it from leaning directly against the vertical surface which suports it. [PJC]
Definition of 'standoff'
From: GCIDE
- standoff \stand"off\ a. Serving to keep two objects or parts of a machine separated; as, a standoff insulator. [PJC] standoffish
Synonyms of 'standoff'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloof,
- arrest,
- bell,
- check,
- checkmate,
- cutoff,
- dead heat,
- dead stop,
- deadlock,
- distant,
- draw,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- even break,
- even chance,
- fair shake,
- fifty-fifty,
- final whistle,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- half a chance,
- halt,
- insociable,
- knotted score,
- lockout,
- neck-and-neck race,
- odds,
- photo finish,
- reserved,
- sit-down strike,
- solitary,
- square odds,
- stalemate,
- stand,
- standoffish,
- standstill,
- stay,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- the same,
- tie,
- toss,
- toss-up,
- touch and go,
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
- uncompanionable,
- walkout,
- withdrawn,
- work stoppage