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one-trick

one-trick verb: to consistently play a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets.

Verb

one-trick (third-person singular simple present one-tricks, present participle one-tricking, simple past and past participle one-tricked)

  1. (ambitransitive, derogatory) To consistently play a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets.

Noun

one-trick (plural one-tricks)

  1. (derogatory) A player who consistently plays a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets.

Forms of one-trick

Verb
third-person singular presentone-tricks
present participleone-tricking
past participleone-tricked
pastone-tricked
Noun
pluralone-tricks

Phrases with one-trick

Questions about one-trick

What does one-trick mean?
One-trick means to consistently play a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets.
What part of speech is one-trick?
One-trick can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of one-trick?
The past tense of one-trick is one-tricked.

Words near one-trick in the dictionary

  1. one-to-ones
  2. one-touch
  3. one-track
  4. one-track mind
  5. one-track minds
  6. one-trick
  7. one-trick ponies
  8. one-trick pony
  9. one-trick-ponyism
  10. one-tricked
  11. one-tricking

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