English word senses marked with topical category "Tetris"

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Total 12 word senses

• T-piece (Noun) The tetromino in the shape of a T, as used in the video game Tetris.
• Tetris (Proper name) A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid.
• Tetris effect (Noun) The effect of seeing hallucinatory images of a repetitive activity done earlier.
• Tetris-like (Adjective) Resembling Tetris or the pieces in the game of Tetris.
• ghost piece (Noun) A representation of where a piece will land if it falls without intervention (such as moving it away or rotating it) in the video game Tetris.
• hard drop (Noun) A manual downward motion of a piece in the video game Tetris that makes it land immediately (that is, within only one frame).
• hypertap (Verb) To employ the hypertapping strategy.
• hypertapper (Noun) A person who uses hypertapping.
• hypertapping (Noun) A technique in which players flex their bicep until it vibrates and tap the D-pad at a speed of over 10 taps a second, allowing them to move falling blocks to the side faster than what would normally be possible by holding down the button.
• inventory Tetris (Noun) A system of inventory management where acquired items must be arranged according to the space that they consume.
• wall kick (Noun) A sideways movement that results from a rotation of a piece that is touching the left or right walls in certain versions of the video game Tetris.
• well (Noun) The playfield of Tetris and similar video games, into which the blocks fall.

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