An abbreviated form of entry for a book in a list or catalog that usually gives only the author's name, the title in brief, the date and place of publication, and the publisher's or printer's name.

(Southern US, Midland US) Sugar.

(video games) A combat-themed video game of a kind with a perspective view, typically positioning the camera over the shoulder of the player.

(video games) A combat or video game in the genre characterized by a three-dimensional view from the player's perspective and the ability to fire a weapon.

(pathology) An acute infection by Staphylococcus bacteria, characterised by sudden high fever, muscle aches, joint pain, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, and fainting, abbreviated TSS.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, India) A shop selling confectionery, especially one in or near a school.

(countable, uncountable, chiefly Roman Catholicism, historical) A rushed sacrament of confession given to a prisoner who is to be executed very soon.

(idiomatic) To act against one's own interests; to unintentionally behave self-destructively.

A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.

Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc. / (craps) The player throwing the dice. / (slang) A firearm. / A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.