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shoot-'em-up slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈʃuːtəmʌp|
Also shoot-em-up, shootemup.
[f. vbl. phr. to shoot them up: see shoot v. 30 e.]
A fast-moving story or film, esp. a Western, of which gun-play is a dominant feature. Also attrib. (or as adj.) and Comb.
1953Variety 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. 1958Washington Post 30 July a25/7 That doesn't leave much room for anything except shoot-'em-ups. 1968Listener 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. 1973N.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. 1976Publishers 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.
▸ colloq. 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.
1980Washington 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. 1984Times 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. 2001Games Master Mar. 21/4 The control system initially seems complex for what seems an arcadey shoot-'em-up. |