verb, noun — 4 senses
UK /nɜːf/ · US /nɝf/
Etymology Circa 1950s?
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Motor racing, Racing, Sports To bump lightly, whether accidentally or purposefully.
Etymology From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons.
Video games Slang The deterioration, weakening or worsening of a character, a weapon, a spell, etc.
Etymology From the Nerf brand of toys designed as non-dangerous counterparts of existing things, such as sports balls and guns. Originally used to equate a change in the damage of a weapon in a video game to a change from real weapons to Nerf weapons.
Video games Slang To change a mechanic, an ability, or a character in a video game in order to make less efficacious.
Slang To arbitrarily limit or reduce the capability of.
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