"button mashing" meaning in All languages combined

See button mashing on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-button mashing.wav Forms: button mashings [plural], button-mashing [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} button mashing (countable and uncountable, plural button mashings)
  1. (video games) The act of repeatedly pressing random buttons on a video game controller in hopes of executing attacks and/or other various motions found in video games. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-button_mashing-en-noun-n6hFehKG Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Topics: video-games

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-button mashing.wav Forms: button-mashing [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} button mashing
  1. present participle and gerund of button mash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: button mash Related terms: joystick waggler
    Sense id: en-button_mashing-en-verb-kGDhvIs8

Alternative forms

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