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hitboxes

hitboxes is the plural of hitbox.

Meaning of hitbox

Noun (1)

hitbox (plural hitboxes)

  1. An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model.
    • Veronica Ripley, 32, often speaks to friends about the role that video games played in her trans awakening: “I would try to explain it away, saying that I was playing the girl character because she had a smaller hitbox or quicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages.2023 December 27, Zachary Small, “Video Games Let Them Choose a Role. Their Transgender Identities Flourished.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024

Noun (2)

hitbox (plural hitboxes)

  1. (genericized trademark) An arcade game controller that features an array of buttons instead of a joystick lever.
    Synonyms:
    hitbox controller, leverless controller, leverless arcade controller

Questions about hitboxes

What is hitboxes the plural of?
Hitboxes is the plural of hitbox.

Words near hitboxes in the dictionary

  1. Hitachi
  2. Hitachinaka
  3. Hitachis
  4. Hitachiōta
  5. hitbox
  6. hitboxes
  7. hitch
  8. hitch in one's get-along
  9. hitch in one's giddy-up
  10. hitch one's wagon to
  11. hitch one's wagon to a star

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