Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To make an impressive or clip-worthy play, generally a kill in a multi-player first-person shooter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Possibly a play on hit a lick (“to commit armed robbery”) + clip (“to cut a section from a longer video”). Influenced by multi-player shooters that replay a game-winning play or kill at the end of a round.
