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

Once the poll went public, the prediction market contracts shot up in value. —Luke Garrett, NPR, 7 May 2026

After Swalwell dropped out, former state attorney general Xavier Becerra shot up in polls and, according to a poll commissioned by the California Democratic Party released Monday, is now the top Democrat in the race. —Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 5 May 2026

Coinbase rose 7%, while Circle shot up 16% and BitGo climbed 11%. —Christina Cheddar Berk,davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 4 May 2026

At the same time, the monthly rental charges have shot up at a far faster pace than the Jensens ever levied, according to residents. —Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 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