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platformer

platformer noun: a platform game.

Noun

platformer (plural platformers)

  1. (informal) A platform game.
    • Conceptually speaking, the platformer may be the most archetypal video-game genre.2010, Tom Bissell, Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 97

Forms of platformer

pluralplatformers

Origin of platformer

From platform + -er.

Words formed from platformer

Questions about platformer

What does platformer mean?
Platformer means a platform game.
What part of speech is platformer?
Platformer is a noun.
What is the plural of platformer?
The plural of platformer is platformers.

Words near platformer in the dictionary

  1. platform-edge doors
  2. platform-independent
  3. platform-specific
  4. platformally
  5. platformed
  6. platformer
  7. platformers
  8. platformful
  9. platformfuls
  10. platforming
  11. platformish

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