8-letter words containing sho
- shoelace — a string or lace for fastening a shoe.
- shoeless — an external covering for the human foot, usually of leather and consisting of a more or less stiff or heavy sole and a lighter upper part ending a short distance above, at, or below the ankle.
- shoetree — one of a pair of foot-shaped devices, usually of metal or wood, for placing in a shoe to maintain its shape when it is not being worn.
- shogging — to shake; jolt.
- sholapur — a city in S Maharashtra state, in SW India.
- shoo-fly — a child's rocker having a seat supported between two boards cut and painted to resemble animals.
- shook up — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- shook-up — upset
- shoot at — fire a weapon towards
- shoot up — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- shoot-up — an act or instance of injecting an addictive drug intravenously.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- shootist — a marksman with a pistol or rifle.
- shootout — a gunfight that must end in defeat for one side or the other, as between gunfighters in the Old West, criminal groups, or law-enforcement officers and criminals.
- shopgirl — a salesgirl; female store clerk.
- shoplift — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
- shopping — a retail store, especially a small one.
- shoptalk — the specialized vocabulary having to do with work or a field of work: I don't understand electronics shoptalk.
- shopworn — worn or marred, as goods exposed and handled in a store.
- shore up — a supporting post or beam with auxiliary members, especially one placed obliquely against the side of a building, a ship in drydock, or the like; prop; strut.
- shoreman — a person who lives on the shore
- short of — having little length; not long.
- short on — having little length; not long.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- shortarm — (of a punch) with the arm bent
- shortcut — a shorter or quicker way.
- shortest — having little length; not long.
- shorting — having little length; not long.
- shortish — rather short.
- shoshone — a river in NW Wyoming, flowing NE into the Big Horn River. 120 miles (193 km) long.
- shoshoni — Shoshone (defs 2, 3).
- shot put — a field event in which a heavy ball or shot is thrown or put for distance.
- shothole — a hole drilled in rock, coal, ore, etc., to hold explosives used in blasting.
- shotokan — a popular system of karate based on the principles of Bushido and Zen
- shotting — the act or process of making lead shot in a shot tower.
- shotwell — James Thomson, 1874–1965, U.S. diplomat, historian, and educator.
- shoulder — the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk.
- shouldst — 2nd person singular past of shall.
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- shoutout — A shoutout is a public greeting to a named person, especially on the radio or on television.
- shove it — to move along by force from behind; push.
- shoveled — an implement consisting of a broad blade or scoop attached to a long handle, used for taking up, removing, or throwing loose matter, as earth, snow, or coal.
- shoveler — a person or thing that shovels.
- show bag — a bag containing samples, promotional material, etc, given out at trade fairs and other such events
- show biz — show business.
- show day — (in Australia) a public holiday in a state on the date of its annual agricultural and industrial show
- show off — a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- show out — to conduct a person out of a room or building by opening the door for him
- show-off — a person given to pretentious display.
- showable — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.