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noun
A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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noun
A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.
A momentum technique, exploit or intentional, involving an aerial movement angled into the ground which causes a horizontal burst of speed along it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: video-games
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noun
A movement technique in competitive Tekken done by looping multiple crouch dashes into each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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verb
The act of performing said technique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From wave + dash, owing to the way characters move along the ground in a burst. The Tekken sense came first in the late 1990s, but the 2002 Super Smash Bros. sense was likely coined independently and has since become more prevalent.
