shoot up

verb

shot up; shooting up; shoots up

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

ˈshüt-ˌəp 

noun

Examples of shoot up in a Sentence

gas prices shot up seemingly overnight

Recent Examples on the Web

Prices for precious metals like gold, silver, palladium, and platinum, which also have industrial uses, have shot up in recently months as well. —Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026

Manifest famously debuted on NBC in 2018 and was canceled by the network after three seasons, only to be revived by Netflix for a final season after the show shot up the streamer’s charts. —Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026

Rebuilding programs such as the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens have shot up the ranks this season. —Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026

Meanwhile, shares of Vertiv shot up 8% after Barclays upgraded the stock to a buy from hold and raised its price target to $200 from $181. —Paulina Likos, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for shoot up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup