3 PHRASAL VERB If you shoot someone down or shoot down their ideas, you say or show that they are completely wrong. □ [V n P ] She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence. [Also V P n]
▸ shoot up
1 PHRASAL VERB If something shoots up , it grows or increases very quickly. □ [V P + by ] Sales shot up by 9% last month. □ [V P ] The fair market value of the property shot up. [Also V P + to ]
2 PHRASAL VERB If a drug addict shoots up , they inject a quantity of drugs into their body. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] Drug addicts shoot up in the back alleys. □ [V P n] We shot up heroin in the playground.
shoo t-em-up (shoot-em-ups ) N‑COUNT A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters. [INFORMAL ]
shoot|er /ʃuː tə r / (shooters )
1 N‑COUNT A shooter is a person who shoots a gun. □ An eyewitness identified him as the shooter.
2 N‑COUNT A shooter is a gun. [INFORMAL ]
shoot|ing /ʃuː t I ŋ/ (shootings )
1 N‑COUNT A shooting is an occasion when someone is killed or injured by being shot with a gun. □ A gang war led to a series of shootings in the city.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Shooting is hunting animals with a gun as a leisure activity. [BRIT ] □ Grouse shooting begins in August. in AM, use hunting 3 N‑UNCOUNT The shooting of a film is the act of filming it. □ Ingrid was busy learning her lines for the next day's shooting.
shoo t|ing gal|lery (shooting galleries ) N‑COUNT A shooting gallery is a place where people use rifles to shoot at targets, especially in order to win prizes.
shoo t|ing star (shooting stars ) N‑COUNT A shooting star is a piece of rock or metal that burns very brightly when it enters the Earth's atmosphere from space, and is seen from Earth as a bright star travelling very fast across the sky.
shoo t|ing war (shooting wars ) N‑COUNT When two countries in conflict engage in a shooting war , they fight each other with weapons rather than opposing each other by diplomatic or other means. [JOURNALISM ]
shoo t-out (shoot-outs )
1 N‑COUNT A shoot-out is a fight in which people shoot at each other with guns. □ Three men were killed in the shoot-out.
2 N‑COUNT In games such as football, a shoot-out or a penalty shoot-out is a way of deciding the result of a game that has ended in a draw. Players from each team try to score a goal in turn until one player fails to score and their team loses the game. □ The Danes won that UEFA tie in a shoot-out.
shop ◆◆◇ /ʃɒ p/ (shops , shopping , shopped )
1 N‑COUNT A shop is a building or part of a building where things are sold. [mainly BRIT ] □ …health-food shops. □ …a record shop. □ It's not available in the shops. in AM, usually use store 2 VERB When you shop , you go to shops and buy things. □ [V prep/adv] He always shopped at the Co-op. □ [V prep/adv] …some advice that's worth bearing in mind when shopping for a new carpet. □ [V ] …customers who shop once a week. ● shop|per (shoppers ) N‑COUNT □ …crowds of Christmas shoppers.
3 N‑COUNT [n N ] You can refer to a place where a particular service is offered as a particular type of shop . □ …the barber shop where Rodney sometimes had his hair cut. □ …your local pet shop.
4 VERB If you shop someone, you report them to the police for doing something illegal. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V n + to ] His appalled family shopped him to the police. □ [be V -ed] Fraudsters are often shopped by honest friends and neighbours.
5 → see also shopping , chip shop , coffee shop , corner shop , paper shop , pawn shop , print shop , sex shop , talking shop , tea shop , thrift shop
6 PHRASE If something is happening all over the shop , it is happening in many different places or throughout a wide area. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution.
7 PHRASE If you set up shop , you start a business. □ He set up shop as an independent PR consultant.
8 PHRASE If you shop till you drop , you do a large amount of shopping. □ You can use your card in cash machines, or to shop till you drop.
9 PHRASE If you say that people are talking shop , you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work. □ If you hang around with colleagues all the time you just end up talking shop.
▸ shop around PHRASAL VERB If you shop around , you go to different shops or companies in order to compare the prices and quality of goods or services before you decide to buy them. □ [V P ] Prices may vary so it's well worth shopping around before you buy. □ [V P + for ] He shopped around for a firm that would be flexible.
shopa|hol|ic /ʃɒ pəhɒ l I k/ (shopaholics ) N‑COUNT A shopaholic is someone who greatly enjoys going shopping and buying things, or who cannot stop themselves doing this. [INFORMAL ]
sho p as|sis|tant (shop assistants ) N‑COUNT A shop assistant is a person who works in a shop selling things to customers. [BRIT ] in AM, use sales clerk