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proc

UK/pɹɒk/US/pɹɑk/

proc noun: a special and possibly random event, typically activated by clicking on an object. Also the abbreviation of procedure.

Noun

proc (plural procs)

  1. A special and possibly random event, typically activated by clicking on an object.

Verb

proc (third-person singular simple present procs, present participle proccing, simple past and past participle procced)

  1. To cause a proc to occur.
    • Dunno the weapons' stats, except they both procced fairly frequently - lightning sword procced decapitation (instant death), and the whip procced fire reel (or whatever it was called) which reeled to target into the balor's body, engulfing you in searing flames for big damage.2000, S H, “The baddest weapons/armor”, in rec.games.mud.diku (Usenet)
    • Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).2000, Billy Shields, “The truth about offhand procs”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    trigger

Also used as

proc is also the abbreviation of procedure.

proc is also the abbreviation of processor.

proc meaning in Gujarati

proc in Gujarati

પ્રોક

Synonyms of proc

Forms of proc

Noun
pluralprocs
Verb
third-person singular presentprocs
present participleproccing
past participleprocced
pastprocced

Plural of proc: procs

Origin of proc

The video game sense is from the abbreviation of procedure. The folk etymology from programmed random occurrence is a backronym.

Words that rhyme with proc

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Questions about proc

What does proc mean?
Proc means a special and possibly random event, typically activated by clicking on an object.
What is proc in Gujarati?
Proc in Gujarati is પ્રોક. See Proc meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is proc?
Proc can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce proc?
Proc is pronounced /pɹɒk/ (UK).
What is the plural of proc?
The plural of proc is procs.

Words near proc in the dictionary

  1. probvious
  2. probviously
  3. proby
  4. Probyn
  5. Probys
  6. proc
  7. proc-gen
  8. proc.
  9. Procaccini
  10. Procaccinis
  11. procachectic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proc (page history and authors); proc (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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