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shmups

shmups is the plural of shmup.

Meaning of shmup

Noun

shmup (plural shmups)

  1. (slang) A shoot-'em-up, particularly a two-dimensional shooter themed around spaceship battles.
    • Highlights include the great-looking shmup Judgement Silversword.2005, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks

Questions about shmups

What is shmups the plural of?
Shmups is the plural of shmup.

Words near shmups in the dictionary

  1. Shmuels
  2. shmuk
  3. shmuks
  4. Shmuley
  5. shmup
  6. shmups
  7. shmurah matzo
  8. shmutter
  9. shmutters
  10. shmutz
  11. shmutzy

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