shoot

  • 61shoot — Synonyms and related words: Photostat, X ray, Xerox, ache, acute pain, agonize, ail, aim at, altitude peak, anguish, annihilate, assassinate, automatic control, backfire, barf, barrage, be bright, beacon, beam, beat, bedazzle, behead, bine, bite …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 62shoot — vb 1. also shoot off to ejaculate. The word has been used in this sense since the 19th century. 2. also shoot up to inject. A drug user s term, widespread since the late 1950s. 3. to leave hurriedly. A word used in Brit ain mainly by young people …

    Contemporary slang

  • 63shoot — v 1. hit, wound, hurt, harm, damage, injure; shoot down, bring down, drop, fell; riddle, Sl. pump full of lead, Sl. zap, pick off; kill, slay, Sl. knock off, Sl. snuff out. 2. send forth, discharge, fire or fire off, let fly, let off, eject;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 64shoot ’em up — 1. n. a Western action movie. □ I like a good shoot ’em up every now and then. D Most films are more sophisticated nowadays than the old shoot ’em ups. 2. mod. having to do with a Western action film. □ He was a shoot ’em up star in the thirties …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 65shoot up — verb Date: 1890 transitive verb 1. to shoot or shoot at especially recklessly < cowboys shooting up the town > 2. to inject (a narcotic drug) into a vein intransitive verb to inject a narcotic into a vein • shoot up noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 66shoot up — UK US shoot up Phrasal Verb with shoot({{}}/ʃuːt/ verb (shot, shot) ► to increase very quickly and suddenly: »Advertising on the internet caused sales to shoot up by 20% …

    Financial and business terms

  • 67Shoot 'Em Up — Английская фраза «Shoot’Em Up» может означать: Shoot Em Up&#160; оригинальное название криминального боевика «Пристрели их» (2007). Shoot em up&#160; жанр компьютерных игр …

    Википедия

  • 68shoot at — phrasal or shoot for : to have in mind or in view as a goal : aim at : strive for when it is achieved there will be other goals for them to shoot at Bernard De Voto all stores are shooting for sales gains Women s Wear Daily a definite plan to&#8230; …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 69shoot up — phr verb Shoot up is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eyebrow, ↑hand, ↑pain, ↑price, ↑rate, ↑rating Shoot up is used with these nouns as the object: ↑per cent, ↑point …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 70shoot up — Synonyms and related words: accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, balloon, bloat, blossom, bob up, boom, break water, breed, brew, bristle up, broaden, bud, burgeon, burst forth, cock up, crescendo, develop, extrude, float up, flourish, fly up …

    Moby Thesaurus