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shoot-ups

shoot-ups is the plural of shoot-up.

Meaning of shoot-up

Noun

shoot-up (plural shoot-ups)

  1. (colloquial) A 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

Questions about shoot-ups

What is shoot-ups the plural of?
Shoot-ups is the plural of shoot-up.

Words near shoot-ups in the dictionary

  1. shoot-out
  2. shoot-outs
  3. shoot-the-chute
  4. shoot-the-chutes
  5. shoot-up
  6. shoot-ups
  7. shootable
  8. shootaround
  9. shootarounds
  10. shootboard
  11. shootboards

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