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

Since he was appointed, FedEx’s shares have shot up 102%, outperforming the S&P 500 by 28 points, according to a recent Barron’s analysis. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 July 2026

Security pushed us to the DJ booth while a few thousand phones shot up in the air, and Black Coffee’s set began within 20 seconds. — Max Marshall, Vanity Fair, 15 July 2026

Homeless encampments that serve as places for drug addicts to shoot up line several vacant and overgrown lots. — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

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