shoot 'em up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of media which depicts considerable gunplay.
  2. 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.

Pronunciation

En-au-shoot 'em up.ogg

Word forms

shoot 'em up shoot 'em ups shoot-em-up shoot-'em-up shoot them up

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