shoot-'em-up

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See also: shoot-em-up, and shoot 'em up

English

Noun

shoot-'em-up (plural shoot-'em-ups)

  1. Alternative spelling of shoot 'em up
    • 1988, “CRASH”, in magazine, number 50:
      Mix together a shoot-’em-up, a collect-’em-up and a maze game, add sundry reaction tests to taste and you’ve got a tasty game indeed.