wallhack

noun, verb — 2 senses

wallhack

noun

Etymology From wall + hack.

1

Video games A patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.

  • He was so good, I figured I could learn something by watching it. I couldn't understand why I couldn't get anything at all from the demo, until I discovered he was using the wallhack.2002 July 28, Hedgehog, “Cheating bastard - was Re: Wallhack”, in alt.games.quake3 (Usenet), message-ID <3D44478B.DA7AB89@KIspamLLpernc.com>:
  • Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner.2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge:
Derived terms
wallhacking

wallhack

verb

Etymology From wall + hack.

1

Video games To use a wallhack.

  • im like damn this guy is good.. then the next round... I noticed he wallhacked me... started shooting me before he came around and I was silent walking...2002 March 18, Marcus Leach, “MafiaTech - Why must they cheat? (funny story and video)”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet), message-ID <1tzl8.39041$Q9.9349739@twister.kc.rr.com>:
  • Got wallhacked in PVP (first world problem) Oh no, HD-DVD (first world problem)2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day:

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