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wallhack

wallhack noun: a patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.

Noun

wallhack (plural wallhacks)

  1. A patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.
    • He was so good, I figured I could learn something by watching it. I couldn't understand why I couldn't get anything at all from the demo, until I discovered he was using the wallhack.2002 July 28, Hedgehog, “Cheating bastard - was Re: Wallhack”, in alt.games.quake3 (Usenet), message-ID <3D44478B.DA7AB89@KIspamLLpernc.com>
    • Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner.2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge

Verb

wallhack (third-person singular simple present wallhacks, present participle wallhacking, simple past and past participle wallhacked)

  1. (transitive) To use a wallhack.
    • im like damn this guy is good.. then the next round... I noticed he wallhacked me... started shooting me before he came around and I was silent walking...2002 March 18, Marcus Leach, “MafiaTech - Why must they cheat? (funny story and video)”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet), message-ID <1tzl8.39041$Q9.9349739@twister.kc.rr.com>
    • Got wallhacked in PVP (first world problem)
      Oh no, HD-DVD (first world problem)2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day

Forms of wallhack

Noun
pluralwallhacks
Verb
third-person singular presentwallhacks
present participlewallhacking
past participlewallhacked
pastwallhacked

Origin of wallhack

From wall + hack.

Words formed from wallhack

Questions about wallhack

What does wallhack mean?
Wallhack means a patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.
What part of speech is wallhack?
Wallhack can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of wallhack?
The plural of wallhack is wallhacks.

Words near wallhack in the dictionary

  1. wallflowery
  2. wallful
  3. wallfuls
  4. Wallgren
  5. Wallgrens
  6. wallhack
  7. wallhacked
  8. wallhacker
  9. wallhackers
  10. wallhacking
  11. wallhacks

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