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I've wanted to follow my dad into acting for as long as I can remember. 'I've had a very serious round of dramatic training, and I like action films that take their characters seriously, so I figure I'm making it the best of both worlds if I try to bring some serious acting to a shoot-'em-up picture.
Brandon Lee

Meaning of "shoot-'em-up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOOT-'EM-UP

shoot-'em-up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOOT-'EM-UP

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Shoot-'Em-Up is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOOT-'EM-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of the shooter genre of video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player character engages in a lone assault, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up. Some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of character movement; others allow a broader definition including characters on foot and a variety of perspectives. Shoot 'em ups call for fast reactions and for the player to memorise levels and enemy attack patterns. "Bullet hell" games feature overwhelming numbers of enemy projectiles. The genre's origins can be traced back to Spacewar!, one of the very earliest computer games, developed in 1961 and eventually released in amusement arcades in the early 1970s. However, Tomohiro Nishikado, creator of Space Invaders, is generally credited with inventing the genre. Space Invaders premiered in Japanese arcades in 1978. Shoot 'em ups were popular throughout the 1980s and early 1990s.

Definition of shoot-'em-up in the English dictionary

The definition of shoot-'em-up in the dictionary is a type of computer game, the object of which is to shoot as many enemies, targets, etc, as possible. Other definition of shoot-'em-up is a fast-moving film involving many gunfights, battles, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOOT-'EM-UP

shoot one´s bolt
shoot one´s load
shoot one´s mouth off
shoot oneself in the foot
shoot out
shoot the breeze
shoot the bull
shoot the sun
shoot through
shoot up
shoot-out
shoot-the-chute
shoot-to-disable
shoot-to-kill
shootable
shootaround
shootdown
shooter
shootie
shooting

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOOT-'EM-UP

bottom-up
build-up
close-up
follow-up
get-up
hold-up
hook-up
made-up
make-up
pick-up
pin-up
pop-up
put-you-up
set-up
setting-up
stand-up
start-up
take-up
wake-up
warm-up

Synonyms and antonyms of shoot-'em-up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shoot-'em-up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOOT-'EM-UP

Find out the translation of shoot-'em-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shoot-'em-up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shoot-'em-up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的射击起来
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shoot- em-up
570 millions of speakers

English

shoot-´em-up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शूट ´em अप
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تبادل لاطلاق النار ´em المتابعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стрелять - ´em-вверх
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

disparar-eles -up
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অঙ্কুর-´em-আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

shoot- em-up
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tembak mereka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shoot- em-up
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シュート´emアップ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

슛 때리는 업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shoot-´em-up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shoot- ´em-up
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுட-´em அப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शूट-अप-अप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hepsini Vur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shoot- em- up
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shoot - ´em się
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стріляти - ´em -вгору
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trage - ´em - up
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πυροβολούν -αυτός - up
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skiet - ´em -up
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skjut - ´em - up
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skytespillet opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shoot-'em-up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOOT-'EM-UP»

The term «shoot-'em-up» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.873 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shoot-'em-up

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QUOTES WITH «SHOOT-'EM-UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shoot-'em-up.
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Brandon Lee
I've wanted to follow my dad into acting for as long as I can remember. 'I've had a very serious round of dramatic training, and I like action films that take their characters seriously, so I figure I'm making it the best of both worlds if I try to bring some serious acting to a shoot-'em-up picture.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOOT-'EM-UP»

Discover the use of shoot-'em-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shoot-'em-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Articles on Shoot 'em Ups, Including: Shoot 'em Up, Computer ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Shoot 'Em Up
Shoot 'em up (also known as shmup or STG) is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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iPhone Open Application Development: Write Native ...
Shoot-'Em-Up. Game. Settings. A spaceship shoot-'em-up game is being written and needs a set of preferences to control everything from sound volume to debugging messages. In this example, the UIPreferencesTable class is subclassed to ...
Jonathan Zdziarski, 2008
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Siemens: Shoot 'em Up
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, Books Llc, 2010
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Poker Players and Wannabes
Eskimo told me about a friend of his by the name of Shoot 'Em Up Vaughn. He told me a story about when Shoot 'Em Up was a little boy and his grandmother raised him. Eskimo said that Shoot 'Em Up's mother would only come to see him  ...
James Wood, Rose Wilkerson, 2006
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Shoot 'Em Ups: Shoot 'em Up
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Books Llc, Source: Wikipedia, Books Group, 2010
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The Games Machines
Re- lease date Developer English title Japanese title Genre 1988- 07 Capcom Forgotten Worlds Lost Worlds (ロストワールド) Shoot 'em up 1988- 12 Capcom Ghouls 'n Ghosts Daimakaimura (大魔界村) Platformer 1989- 03 Capcom Strider  ...
By Wikipedians
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Alternatives in Semantics
When the exclusive is embedded under negation, the MAX assertion is the negation of the negative component of the exclusive meaning, i.e. the negation of the proposition that the movie is no better than a pointless shoot-em-up movie.
Anamaria Fălăuş, 2013
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Shoot Em Up - Shoot Em Up Sub-Genres: Bullet Hell Scrollin
This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikia, 2012
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Gaming Hacks
Beat. Any. Shoot-Em-Up. Tactics for beating 2D shmups and tips for discovering your own. Shoot-em-ups, or shmups, have experienced a resurgence lately after years of neglect (not that we're bitter) as 3D engines have risen to prominence, ...
Simon Carless, 2005

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOOT-'EM-UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shoot-'em-up is used in the context of the following news items.
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From shoot-'em-up to serious, video games and designers evolve
“We're moving away from the traditional 17-year-old kid locked in a basement playing a first-person shoot-em-up game.” The popularity of video games is ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
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'Justified' Series Finale: Showdown and Shoot-'Em-Up
Justified wraps up after six seasons this week, with the biggest question looming: Who's going to remain standing in the inevitable showdown between Raylan ... «Yahoo News, Apr 15»
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Gorgeous 2.5D shoot-'em-up Pythetron now on Kickstarter
Talented game designer and artist TJ Townsend has taken his visually stunning 2.5D shoot-'em-up Pythetron to Kickstarter, looking to secure -- in today's ... «Destructoid, Mar 15»
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Shoot-'Em-Up Charlie Loves Cop Killers
Mark Fiore's latest animation features the talking gun "Shoot-'Em-Up Charlie" bragging about how the National Rifle Association will fight tooth and nail until ... «Truthdig, Mar 15»
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In Geezer Shoot-'em-Up Run All Night, Liam Neeson Gets Us …
Jaume Collet-Serra's Run All Night, a shoot-'em-up about an out-to-pasture hit man desperate to keep his boss and best friend from whacking his son, is humid ... «Miami New Times, Mar 15»
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You'll Need to Pedal Hard if You Want to Beat This Shoot-'Em-Up
Lightning Fighter 2 is a shoot-em-up for iOS and Android. You can download it and start playing right now, but you won't lose many calories if you don't have the ... «Wired, Sep 14»

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