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circle-strafe

circle-strafe verb: to move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while attacking at close range.

circle-strafe: to move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while...
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Verb

circle-strafe (third-person singular simple present circle-strafes, present participle circle-strafing, simple past and past participle circle-strafed)

  1. (intransitive) To move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while attacking at close range.

Forms of circle-strafe

third-person singular presentcircle-strafes
present participlecircle-strafing
past participlecircle-strafed
pastcircle-strafed

Questions about circle-strafe

What does circle-strafe mean?
Circle-strafe means to move around a target in circular fashion while facing it, in order to avoid counterattacks while attacking at close range.
What part of speech is circle-strafe?
Circle-strafe is a verb.
What is the past tense of circle-strafe?
The past tense of circle-strafe is circle-strafed.

Words near circle-strafe in the dictionary

  1. circle-A
  2. circle-ellipse problem
  3. circle-ish
  4. circle-jerk
  5. circle-jerks
  6. circle-strafe
  7. circle-strafed
  8. circle-strafes
  9. circle-strafing
  10. circled
  11. circled back

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