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

The average 30-year mortgage rate shot up over 6% in 2022, and has stayed above that level for the past four years, putting homeownership even further out of reach for many people. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Moderna’s stock had shot up 113% from the beginning of the year through Tuesday’s close on the prospects of the cancer shot. — Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

From among the trees, Dodgers reliever Kyle Hurt’s glove shot up and secured the ball. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

As a result of these initiatives, the number of rural branches also shot up from about 1,400 in 1969 to about 35,000 in the early 1990s. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 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