A piece of media which depicts considerable gunplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Topics: broadcasting, film, literature, media, publishing, television, video-games
Examples
- My wife won't watch this movie; it's a shoot ’em up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A piece of media which depicts considerable gunplay.
A video game in which one plays as a character moving and shooting in an autoscrolling two-dimensional world, with emphasis on dodging bullets and predicting enemy movement patterns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Topics: broadcasting, film, literature, media, publishing, television, video-games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shmup
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: bullet hell, cute-'em-up