Phrase guide

shoot up

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To grow taller or larger rapidly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, intransitive, sometimes

Examples

  • Our operating costs have shot up due to the fuel shortage.
  • He was a small child, but shot up when he reached his teenage years.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To fire many bullets or shells at.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The terrorists decided to shoot up a convenience store.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To use up (ammunition) by shooting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Most of our ammunition has now been shot up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To inject (a drug) intravenously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

Examples

  • This place is always full of smackheads shooting up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jack up

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

rise dramatically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Prices shot up overnight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: increase

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 飆升 /飙升 (biāoshēng) — To grow taller rapidly
  • German: emporschießen — To grow taller rapidly
  • Central Kurdish: ھەڵچوون (hellçûn) — To grow taller rapidly
  • Portuguese: espichar — To grow taller rapidly
  • Central Kurdish: تەقە کردن (teqe kirdin) — To fire many bullets at
  • Spanish: balear — To fire many bullets at
  • Spanish: abalear — To fire many bullets at
  • Spanish: balacear — To fire many bullets at
  • Spanish: tirotear — To fire many bullets at
  • Spanish: ametrallar — To fire many bullets at
  • Spanish: afrijolar — To fire many bullets at
  • Catalan: xutar-se — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • Finnish: tykittää — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • Finnish: rännittää — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • French: shooter — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • German: schießen — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • Italian: bucarsi — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • Italian: farsi in vena — To inject (a drug) intravenously
  • Swedish: skjuta upp — To inject (a drug) intravenously