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

Graduate school tuition shot up after the government began offering unlimited loans. — Julia R. Cartwright, Washington Post, 8 July 2026

Shopify orders for night light projectors, the kind used to help kids fall asleep, shot up by 661%. — Vidhi Choudhary, Fortune, 7 July 2026

After averaging just over 10,300 fans during their first homestand in June, attendance shot up to an average more than 16,100 during their second. — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026

London — Tesla’s global sales shot up 25% in the second quarter in a sign that Elon Musk’s EV maker may be turning a corner - at least in Europe. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 3 July 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