Antonyms for shooting up

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : shoot

Phonetic Transcription : ʃut

Definition of shooting up

Origin : Old English sceotan "to hurl missiles, cast; strike, hit, push; run, rush; send forth swiftly; wound with missiles" (class II strong verb; past tense sceat, past participle scoten), from Proto-Germanic *skeutanan (cf. Old Saxon skiotan, Old Norse skjota "to shoot with (a weapon); shoot, launch, push, shove quickly," Old Frisian skiata, Middle Dutch skieten, Dutch schieten, Old High German skiozan, German schießen), from PIE root *skeud- "to shoot, to chase, to throw, to project" (cf. Sanskrit skundate "hastens, makes haste," Old Church Slavonic iskydati "to throw out," Lithuanian skudrus "quick, nimble").
In reference to pool playing, from 1926. Meaning "to strive (for)" is from 1967, American English. Sense of "descend (a river) quickly" is from 1610s. Meaning "to inject by means of a hypodermic needle" is attested from 1914. Meaning "photograph" (especially a movie) is from 1890. As an interjection, an arbitrary euphemistic alteration of shit, it is recorded from 1934. Shoot the breeze "chat" first recorded 1941. Shoot-'em-up (adj.) in reference to violent entertainment (Western movies, etc.) is from 1942. Shoot to kill first attested 1867. Shoot the cat "to vomit" is from 1785. To shoot the moon originally meant "depart by night with ones goods to escape back rent" (1829).
O, 'tis cash makes such crowds to the gin shops roam,And 'tis cash often causes a rumpus at home ;'Tis when short of cash people oft shoot the moon ;And 'tis cash always keeps our pipes in tune.Cash! cash! &c.["The Melodist and Mirthful Olio, An Elegant Collection of the Most Popular Songs," vol. IV, London, 1829]

As in budding : adj developing, flowering
As in mature : verb become adult, fully grown
As in mushroom : verb sprout; grow quickly
As in raise : verb increase, augment
As in skyrocket : verb soar
As in soar : verb climb, fly
As in spring : verb originate, emerge
As in sprout : verb develop
As in stretch : verb extend, elongate
As in thrive : verb do well
As in zoom : verb move very quickly
As in maturate : verb mature
As in upraise : verb elevate
As in uprear : verb elevate
As in elevate : verb lift up

Example sentences :

You can't hang a man, Mr. Stanley, for shooting up a frying-pan.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

You were turned out of church once, weren't you, for shooting up a meeting?
Extract from : « In Happy Valley » by John Fox

It was at the close of a snowy day, and the northern lights were shooting up the sky.
Extract from : « Ole Bull » by Sara C. Bull

He was shooting up like a weed, and his face was paler than it should be.
Extract from : « Gold-Seeking on the Dalton Trail » by Arthur R. Thompson

Oh, boy, just a little while, and Ill be shooting up to hit the blue!
Extract from : « Don Hale with the Flying Squadron » by W. Crispin Sheppard

The Indians are coming in today, so I guess there will be a shooting up the town.
Extract from : « The Homesteader » by Oscar Micheaux

Now there was some shooting up forward and somebody was hit.
Extract from : « Cappy Ricks Retires » by Peter B. Kyne

"It's awful, the way you're shooting up," he said, in a vexed tone.
Extract from : « The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories » by Carl Ewald

But she was shooting up, slender and straight, the image of her dead mother.
Extract from : « The Revellers » by Louis Tracy

Who was it bribed the jury that tried you for the shooting up of Derbyville, Pedlar?
Extract from : « Gunman's Reckoning » by Max Brand

Synonyms for shooting up

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