shoot-up

noun

A shooting; a fight with firearms.

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Meanings

nounshoot-up (plural shoot-ups)

plural shoot-ups

  1. colloquialA shooting; a fight with firearms.

    We haven't had that kind of a shoot-up for more than two years!

    2008, Tabor Evans, Longarm 359: Longarm and Lovin' Lizzy, page 86

Origin

Deverbal from shoot up

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APA

shoot-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot-up

MLA

“shoot-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot-up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoot-up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot-up.

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