This page gathers the 855 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Video games”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 9: from “bunnyhopping” to “diff”.
- bunnyhopping noun The act of jumping repeatedly to avoid enemy fire, especially in first-person shooters. In some games, the jumping animation or air speed…
- busted adj Extremely overpowered.
- button mashing noun The act of repeatedly pressing random buttons on a video game controller in hopes of executing attacks and/or other various motions found…
- buy-to-play adj That which can be played with a single, one-time purchase, instead of a subscription-based model or being free; pay-to-play.
- C9 verb To lose a winnable game by forgetting about the objective or getting distracted from it.
- cab noun An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
- camera noun The viewpoint in a three-dimensional game or simulation.
- camp verb To stay in an advantageous location.
- camper noun A person who stays in one spot during a first-person shooting game, to guard an item etc.
- canned benchmark noun A computer program designed for the sole purpose of benchmarking the hardware it's being run on.
- cap verb To capture an objective, such as a flag or checkpoint.
- capture the flag noun A computer game with similar rules, usually in first-person shooter format.
- card-battler noun A genre of tabletop and video games in which the goal is to defeat one's opponent with a constructed deck of cards.
- carebear noun A player who is against griefers; one who dislikes, or tries to prevent, trouble (often PvP related) in the game world.
- carry noun Something or someone regarded as disproportionately responsible for the success of a playthrough, match, round, etc.
- cart noun A cartridge for a computer or video game system.
- casual noun A player of casual games.
- casual game noun A video game targeting casual, irregular gamers, typically having few rules to learn and a low initial level of difficulty.
- cave flyer noun A style of video game involving the maneuvering of a spaceship or other entity within an enclosed two-dimensional space such as a cavern…
- CC noun Initialism of crowd control.
- CD noun Abbreviation of cooldown.
- cdr noun Initialism of cooldown reduction.
- challenge run noun a playthrough of a video game with additional self-imposed rules or constraints that make the game more difficult.
- cheat noun A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- cheat code noun A line of text or series of commands which can be used to change a game's behavior, alter a character's looks and abilities, skip levels…
- checkpoint noun A predetermined point in a map, level or scenario that the player may resume from if they die or restart.
- cheese verb To use an unconventional, all-in strategy to take one's opponent by surprise early in the game (especially for real-time strategy games).
- chug verb To function or perform with difficulty, typically due to inadequate resources or performance limitations.
- chunk verb To deal a substantial amount of damage to an opponent.
- cinematic noun A cut scene.
- circle-strafe verb To move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while attacking at close range.
- clan noun A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
- clanny noun A player who habitually plays the same clan or with the other players on the same team.
- clash verb To play Clash Royale or Clash of Clans.
- clean verb Synonym of clean up.
- clean up verb To intervene in a fight between two players at low health and easily kill both of them or the winner.
- clear noun The completion of a stage or challenge, or of the whole game.
- clicker noun Ellipsis of clicker game.
- clicker game noun A simplistic casual game in which the player makes progress by repeatedly clicking elements on the screen.
- clip verb To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- clutch verb To win despite being the only remaining player on one's team, against several opponents.
- co-op noun A cooperative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.
- coin-op noun A video game for home computers based on (and licensed from) a video game that was available in arcades.
- collateral noun An instance of hitting two or more targets, often enemy players, with a single shot, usually when they are lined up behind each other.
- collider noun A model of the shape of an object for purposes of collision detection.
- collision noun Clipping of collision detection; tangibility.
- collision detection noun The process or mechanism of determining whether two shapes are partially occupying the same space.
- combo verb To perform a combo attack on.
- community manager noun A person whose job is to be a liaison between a video game's developers and that video game's community.
- comp stomp noun A cooperative game format typical to competitive player-versus-player video games, such as real-time strategy games, where a number of…
- completionism noun The goal of achieving every objective in a game, as opposed to merely doing enough to win.
- composition noun The characters, roles, weapons, etc. being used by a team.
- conquest noun A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competing teams (usually two) attempt to take over predetermined spawn…
- console converter noun A peripheral used to bypass regional lockout on a video game console, allowing imported video games to be played on domestic video game…
- consolitis noun A notional condition affecting video games released for game consoles, making them inferior to computer versions.
- content key noun A downloadable content file that unlocks items, characters, levels, or other content that was included with a video game but not…
- continue noun An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress.
- control point noun A designated location on the game map which competing players or teams attempt to capture.
- controller noun A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- cook verb To smelt.
- cooldown noun The minimum length of time that the player needs to wait after using an ability or item before it can be used again.
- counterplay noun A subversive style of gameplay in which a player attempts to overturn the usual rules and conventions of the game.
- coyote time noun A brief delay between an action and the consequences of that action that has no physical cause and exists only for comedic or gameplay…
- CPU noun Any character or entity controlled by the game software.
- craft verb To combine multiple items to form a new item, such as armour or medicine.
- crater verb To die from fall damage.
- credit cookie noun A short clip that appears during or after the closing credits of a film or video game, typically either humorous or setting up a possible…
- cripple verb To nerf something to the point of being underpowered.
- cross-progress noun Cross-platform functionality by which the player's progress through the game on one device is replicated to another device.
- crossplay noun Cross-platform multiplayer functionality.
- crowd control verb To impair or disable multiple targets, often through the use of abilities or effects.
- crown verb To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- cut in noun A visual sequence focusing on a character's face or body while they perform a special move.
- cut scene noun A usually non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. It may be presented with full…
- d-pad noun A plus-shaped directional input pad on a video game controller that allows for eight degrees of movement, now largely superseded by the…
- daily noun A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
- damage boost verb To deliberately take damage in order to use the resulting brief period of invulnerability to pass an upcoming hazard.
- dance game noun A video game where a player dances on a pressure-sensitive mat, attempting to follow a pattern of steps shown on screen in time to music.
- dance pad noun A plastic or metal pad used for playing dance games. The player provides input to the game by stepping on and off various panels on the pad.
- danmaku noun The (intricate patterns of) bullets seen in bullet hell games.
- dashboard noun A graphical user interface for changing settings.
- dating sim noun A social simulation game centered on building and maintaining a romantic relationship with one or more NPCs.
- dead pixel noun a miscolored pixel on an image where it is otherwise not intended to be.
- dead zone noun A region within the player's viewpoint that is less sensitive to small movements, aiding accurate firing of weapons etc.
- deagle verb To shoot with a Desert Eagle.
- death loop noun A situation in which a player respawns and inevitably dies, only to respawn in the exact same situation, causing the game to loop…
- deathmatch noun A competitive mode found in first-person shooter games in which competitors attempt to assassinate one another.
- debuff noun An effect that makes a game character weaker; a negative status effect.
- debug mode noun A (usually hidden) tool or set of tools in a video game used in its development and testing, the use of which typically enables players to…
- deconfirm verb To confirm a character's lack of playable status.
- deconfirmation noun A confirmation of a character's lack of playable status.
- demake noun A remake of a modern game for an older platform.
- derank verb To lower or remove achievements and skill level.
- derust verb To regain one's skills at a game after not having played for a while; to reverse the process of rusting.
- deskie noun In virtual reality games, one who uses the desktop version of that game.
- desuicide verb To modify (a protected, encrypted arcade game board) so that it will no longer automatically destroy its own code if tampering is detected.
- developer exit noun A hidden exit or shortcut that a video game developer places in a level of a platform game, as an easy way to complete the level for those…
- di noun Initialism of directional influence (“the ability to change one's direction of movement while falling”).
- die verb To lose or be eliminated from a game, particularly with a deathlike animation.
- diff noun Used to trash-talk an opposing team at the end of a game by pointing out a skill difference between some role and the same role on the…