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meat shield

meat shield noun: a human shield.

Noun

meat shield (plural meat shields)

  1. A human shield.
  2. A so-called "tank" whose main purpose is to hold aggro from mobs and absorb damage.
  3. A stunned or dead enemy character used as a shield against attacks.

Forms of meat shield

pluralmeat shields

Questions about meat shield

What does meat shield mean?
Meat shield means a human shield.
What part of speech is meat shield?
Meat shield is a noun.
What is the plural of meat shield?
The plural of meat shield is meat shields.

Words near meat shield in the dictionary

  1. meat sauces
  2. meat scepter
  3. meat scepters
  4. meat sceptre
  5. meat sceptres
  6. meat shield
  7. meat shields
  8. meat shot
  9. meat shots
  10. meat space
  11. meat stick

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