"pixel hunt" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pixel hunts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pixel hunt (countable and uncountable, plural pixel hunts)
  1. (video games) a search for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Video games Translations (a search for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game): pixeljacht (Dutch), Pixeljagd (German)
    Sense id: en-pixel_hunt-en-noun-nqFwP81Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: video-games

Verb [English]

Forms: pixel hunts [present, singular, third-person], pixel hunting [participle, present], pixel hunted [participle, past], pixel hunted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pixel hunt (third-person singular simple present pixel hunts, present participle pixel hunting, simple past and past participle pixel hunted)
  1. (video games) to look for a small, onscreen, hard-to-find object in a graphic adventure puzzle video game Categories (topical): Video games Related terms: pixel hunting
    Sense id: en-pixel_hunt-en-verb-bAelFmma Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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