HM slave
HM slave noun: a Pokémon retained by the player to use Hidden Machine moves (certain moves that usually help in exploring the world of the games).
Noun
HM slave (plural HM slaves)
- A Pokémon retained by the player to use Hidden Machine moves (certain moves that usually help in exploring the world of the games).
- That leaves Flash, Waterfall, Fly, and (not a HM, but needed in much the same way) Rock Smash for another HM slave.2001 February 15, rak...@mindspring.com, “Re: Smeargle just an ugly smear in your team?”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), message-ID <3a8b4f6a.316743@news.mindspring.com>
- Farfetch'd is pretty good for a HM slave. And once you've visited everywhere, you can HM delete Cut and Flash and False Swipe and raise it to a decent level and watch it own damn near everything.2001 February 17, Talen, “Re: [OT] Frustration...”, in alt.fan.dragonball (Usenet), message-ID <qohs8tgvf0jap8p9fto88fufl17blr740f@4ax.com>
- Synonyms:
- HM mule
Examples of HM slave in a sentence
- I think the HM slaves work best because then you just have to level them up to about 40 playing through the game, and switching them out for some other more useful pokes leveling up.2005 May 17, daramark, “Re: New player strategy.”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet), message-ID...
- For this purpose, some players like to bring along a "HM Slave" (or two) - a Pokémon whose only purpose is to use HMs.2015, Pokémon X & Y - Strategy Guide, GamerGuides.com, →ISBN, page 24:
Synonyms of HM slave
Forms of HM slave
| plural | HM slaves |
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Origin of HM slave
From HM, an abbreviation of Hidden Machine, a phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”).
Questions about HM slave
- What does HM slave mean?
- HM slave means a Pokémon retained by the player to use Hidden Machine moves (certain moves that usually help in exploring the world of the games).
- How do you use HM slave in a sentence?
- I think the HM slaves work best because then you just have to level them up to about 40 playing through the game, and switching them out for some other more useful pokes leveling up.
- What part of speech is HM slave?
- HM slave is a noun.
- What is the plural of HM slave?
- The plural of HM slave is HM slaves.
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