SHOOT-'EM-UP

Meaning of SHOOT-'EM-UP in English

/shooht"euhm up'/ , n. Informal.

a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.

[ 1945-50 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SHOOT-'EM-UP — noun Date: 1947 a movie, television show, or computer game with much shooting and bloodshed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHOOT-'EM-UP — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) : a movie, television show, or computer game with much shooting and killing
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOOT-'EM-UP — noun Date: 1947 : a movie, television show, or computer game with much shooting and bloodshed
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOOT-'EM-UP — Pronunciation: ' shüt- ə m- ˌ ə p Function: noun Date: 1947 : a movie, television show, or computer game …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHOOT-'EM-UP — [shoot-'em-up] n (1947): a movie or television show with much shooting and bloodshed
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOOT-'EM-UP — shoot-'em-up BrE AmE ˈʃuːt əm ʌp AmE \ ˈʃuːt̬- ▷ shoot-'em-up|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHOOT-'EM-UP — adjective ( informal ) a shoot-'em-up computer game, etc. is one involving a lot of violence with guns
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOT-'EM-UP — ˈshoot-'em-up BrE AmE noun [countable] a simple computer game in which you try to kill as many enemies as possible
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHOOT-EM-UP — ( shoot-em-ups) A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters. ( INFORMAL ) N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOT-EM-UP — (~s) A ~ is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHOOT-'EM-UP — (американизм) (разговорное) кинофильм или телепередача со стрельбой, кровопролитием
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHOOT-'EM-UP — n амер. разг. кинофильм или телепередача со стрельбой, кровопролитием и т. п.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHOOT 'EM UP — (n) кинофильм со стрельбой
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SHOOT-'EM-UP — n амер. разг. кинофильм или телепередача со стрельбой, кровопролитием и т. п.
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHOOT-'EM-UP — n амер. разг. кинофильм или телепередача со стрельбой, кровопролитием и т. п.
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHOOT 'EM UP — I n AmE infml I like a good shoot 'em up every now and then — Я люблю иногда посмотреть хороший …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SHOOT 'EM UP — I n AmE infml I like a good shoot 'em up every now and then — Я люблю иногда посмотреть …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
SHOOT 'EM UP — shoot 'em up n AmE infml I like a good shoot 'em up every now and then Я люблю иногда …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
SHOOT 'EM UP — I I like a good shoot 'em up every now and then — Я люблю иногда посмотреть хороший ковбойский фильм …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
SHOOT-'EM-UP — (американизм) (разговорное) кинофильм или телепередача со стрельбой, кровопролитием
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
EM — em- see en- -em- see hem-
Interlingua English vocab
UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOOT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EM — I. ˈem noun ( -s ) 1. : the letter m 2. : the set dimension of an em quad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EM- — em- 1 var. of en- 1 before b, p, and sometimes m: embalm. Cf. im- 1 . em- 2 var. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
'EM — /euhm/ , pron. Informal. them: Put 'em down there. [ 1350-1400; ME hem, OE heom, dat. and acc. pl. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EM — /em/ , n. , pl. ems , adj. n. 1. the letter M, m. 2. Also called mut, mutton . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHOOT
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
SHOOT — noun a shoat; a young hog. 2. shoot ·noun a young branch or growth. 3. shoot ·noun a rush of …
Webster English vocab
SHOOT
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EM — [em] n (13c) 1: the letter m 2: the width of a piece of type about as wide as it …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EM — [EM] abbreviation electromagnetic, electron microscope, electron microscopy, end matched, engineer of mines, enlisted man
Merriam-Webster English vocab
'EM — 'em pronoun BrE AmE ə m —This variant of them has no strong form.
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EM- — em- BrE AmE ɪm, (¦ )em —This prefix is stressed ¦em if the following syllable is unstressed ( ˌ embro …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EM — em BrE AmE em
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
'EM — / əm; NAmE / pronoun ( informal ) = them : Don't let 'em get away. •• WORD ORIGIN Middle …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EM- — em- /ɪm, em/ BrE AmE prefix the form used for ↑ en- before b, m, or p: embittered (=made to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
'EM — 'em /əm/ BrE AmE pronoun spoken sometimes used as a short form of ‘them’: Go on, Bill, you tell 'em!
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHOOT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
'EM — pron. colloq. them (let 'em all come). [orig. a form of ME hem, dative and accus. 3rd pers. pl. pron.: …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOOT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EM — n. Printing 1 a unit for measuring the amount of printed matter in a line, usually equal to the nominal …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
'EM — pron. colloq. them (let 'em all come). [ orig. a form of ME hem, dative and accus. 3rd pers. pl. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHOOT
Oxford English vocab
EM — n. Printing 1 a unit for measuring the amount of printed matter in a line, usually equal to the nominal …
Oxford English vocab
'EM — pron. colloq. them (let 'em all come). Etymology: orig. a form of ME hem, dative and accus. 3rd pers. pl. …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHOOT — ( shoots, shooting, shot) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EM- — Often pronounced /em-/ particularly in American English. Em- is a form of en- that is used before b-, m-, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
'EM — pronoun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Tell the kids I'll pick 'em up after school.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
'EM — [informal] short form of them - Can you think of anything that might help us find 'em?Tell 'em not to …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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