shoot-'em-upn.

/ˈʃuːtəmʌp/

Forms: Also shoot-em-up, shootemup.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to shoot them up: see shoot v. 30e.

slang (originally U.S.).

A fast-moving story or film, esp. a Western, of which gun-play is a dominant feature. Also attributive (or as adj.) and in other combinations.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > western

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shoot-'em-up1953

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > western

wild western1864

western1910

horse opera1927

oat opera1937

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spaghetti Western1969

shooter1981

1953 Variety 11 Feb. 6/2 A standard outdoor action plot is unfolded in ‘Gunsmoke’ to make it a Western feature for the shoot-'em-up market.

1958 Washington Post 30 July a25/7 That doesn't leave much room for anything except shoot-'em-ups.

1968 Listener 18 July 86/1 A racetrack-gang, shoot-em-up-bang plot and one of Mr Hawkes's disturbingly discontinuous surfaces of experience are yoked by violence together.

1973 N.Y. Times 10 June vii. 28/2 The new or free-form Western has several choice entries..‘Oklahoma Crude’, a splendid shootemup about a lady wildcatter in the oil fields.

1976 Publishers Weekly 15 Mar. 50/2 Her decision to put expediency ahead of love nearly costs Corey his life when the shoot-'em-up finale swings the action back to North Africa.

Draft additions June 2003

colloquial. A computer game in which a player's main object or action is the simulated shooting and killing of the numerous adversaries programmed to appear during play.

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1980 Washington Post 11 Dec. dc6/1 The earliest games were sports and ‘shoot 'em up’ games such as Boot Hill and Tank. Then the computerized game entered the space age with the launching of Space Invaders.

1984 Times 4 Feb. 13/8 Zalaga, which derives from the arcade game Galaga, is a space ‘shoot-'em-up’ which impressed with fast graphics and catchy tunes.

2001 Games Master Mar. 21/4 The control system initially seems complex for what seems an arcadey shoot-'em-up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	shoot-em-up
释义	shoot-'em-upn. /ˈʃuːtəmʌp/ Forms: Also shoot-em-up, shootemup. Etymology: < verbal phrase to shoot them up: see shoot v. 30e. slang (originally U.S.). A fast-moving story or film, esp. a Western, of which gun-play is a dominant feature. Also attributive (or as adj.) and in other combinations. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > novel > [noun] > western wild western1864 western1910 shoot-'em-up1953 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > western wild western1864 western1910 horse opera1927 oat opera1937 oater1946 shoot-'em-up1953 spaghetti Western1969 shooter1981 1953 Variety 11 Feb. 6/2 A standard outdoor action plot is unfolded in ‘Gunsmoke’ to make it a Western feature for the shoot-'em-up market. 1958 Washington Post 30 July a25/7 That doesn't leave much room for anything except shoot-'em-ups. 1968 Listener 18 July 86/1 A racetrack-gang, shoot-em-up-bang plot and one of Mr Hawkes's disturbingly discontinuous surfaces of experience are yoked by violence together. 1973 N.Y. Times 10 June vii. 28/2 The new or free-form Western has several choice entries..‘Oklahoma Crude’, a splendid shootemup about a lady wildcatter in the oil fields. 1976 Publishers Weekly 15 Mar. 50/2 Her decision to put expediency ahead of love nearly costs Corey his life when the shoot-'em-up finale swings the action back to North Africa. Draft additions June 2003 colloquial. A computer game in which a player's main object or action is the simulated shooting and killing of the numerous adversaries programmed to appear during play. ΚΠ 1980 Washington Post 11 Dec. dc6/1 The earliest games were sports and ‘shoot 'em up’ games such as Boot Hill and Tank. Then the computerized game entered the space age with the launching of Space Invaders. 1984 Times 4 Feb. 13/8 Zalaga, which derives from the arcade game Galaga, is a space ‘shoot-'em-up’ which impressed with fast graphics and catchy tunes. 2001 Games Master Mar. 21/4 The control system initially seems complex for what seems an arcadey shoot-'em-up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1953
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