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]

	

	standoff \stand"off\ a.
   Serving to keep two objects or parts of a machine separated;
   as, a standoff insulator.
   [PJC] standoffish

	

	standoff
     n 1: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the
          winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their
          record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw, tie]
     2: the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful
        defensive stand [syn: repulsion]

	

	52 Moby Thesaurus words for "standoff":
   Tweedledum and Tweedledee, 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,
   uncompanionable, walkout, withdrawn, work stoppage