Standoff

Standoff commonly refers to:

• Impasse, two sides negotiating an agreement are unable to reach an agreement and become deadlocked
• Stalemate, a situation in the game of chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check but has no legal move
• Mexican standoff, a confrontation amongst three or more parties in which neither party can proceed nor retreat without being exposed to danger
• Police standoff, where the building with criminals is surrounded by police

Standoff or stand-off may also refer to:

Media production

• Standoff (TV series), a 2006–2007 Fox Broadcasting television series
• Stand Off, a 2012 film written and directed by Terry George (known as Whole Lotta Sole in Europe)
• American Standoff, a 2002 American documentary about a strike
• Standoff (film), a 2016 film
• Standoff (Homeland), an episode of the television series Homeland

Weaponry

• Standoff missile, a type of missile or bomb released at a safe distance from the target which travels autonomously to the target
• AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon, the product of a joint venture between the United States Navy and Air Force
• Standoff Land Attack Missile

Sports

• Stand-off (rugby league), an English alternative name for five-eighth, one of the rugby league positions
• Stand-off, an alternative name for fly-half, one of the rugby union positions

Other uses

• Stand-off markup, a common implementation of non-hierarchical or overlapping markup in which a separately-stored layer of content addresses text via offsets, often used for linguistic annotations
• Standoff (separator), used in mechanics and electronics to separate two parts from one another
• Standoff distance, a certain safe distance from a hazard or objective (live bomb, fire, artillery aimpoint, etc.), defined by a standard operating procedure
• Stand Off, Alberta, Canada, unincorporated community
• Standoff (draw)
• Standoff (video game), a video game formerly known as Active Shooter
• Shootout, a fight between armed combatants using firearms