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hit-stun

hit-stun is the alternative spelling of hitstun.

Meaning of hitstun

Noun

hitstun (uncountable)

  1. (fighting games) A brief state after being hit by an attack during which a character is unable to move ("stunned").
    • My problem is that Vega has no real combo's that keep an enemy in hit-stun so they can't defend beyond the first hit.1992 October 20, Steve Williams, “Vega combo's needed”, in alt.games.sf2 mailing list, via Google Groups, retrieved 07 Aug 2026

Questions about hit-stun

What is hit-stun the alternative spelling of?
Hit-stun is the alternative spelling of hitstun.

Words near hit-stun in the dictionary

  1. hit-runs
  2. hit-skip
  3. hit-skipped
  4. hit-skipping
  5. hit-skips
  6. hit-stun
  7. hit-up
  8. hit-ups
  9. Hita
  10. Hitachi
  11. Hitachinaka

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