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autoshift

autoshift noun: an automatic shift.

Noun

autoshift (plural autoshifts)

  1. An automatic shift.
    • The first known way past the brick wall of Level 29 was a technique that became known as hypertapping. By using a special grip that lets you vibrate a finger over the D-pad directions at least 10 times a second, you can effectively skip the "delayed autoshift" (DAS) that limits how fast pieces can...2024 January 2, Kyle Orland, “34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen””, in Ars Technica

Verb

autoshift (third-person singular simple present autoshifts, present participle autoshifting, simple past and past participle autoshifted)

  1. To shift automatically.

Forms of autoshift

Noun
pluralautoshifts
Verb
third-person singular presentautoshifts
present participleautoshifting
past participleautoshifted
pastautoshifted

Origin of autoshift

From auto- + shift.

Questions about autoshift

What does autoshift mean?
Autoshift means an automatic shift.
What part of speech is autoshift?
Autoshift can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of autoshift?
The plural of autoshift is autoshifts.

Words near autoshift in the dictionary

  1. autosexuality
  2. autosexually
  3. autosexuals
  4. autoshaped
  5. autoshaping
  6. autoshift
  7. autoshifted
  8. autoshifting
  9. autoshifts
  10. autoshredder
  11. autoshredders

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