shoot-up

See also: shoot up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from shoot up

Noun

shoot-up (plural shoot-ups)

  1. (colloquial) A shooting; a fight with firearms.
    • 2008, Tabor Evans, Longarm 359: Longarm and Lovin' Lizzy (page 86)
      We haven't had that kind of a shoot-up for more than two years!
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