"assrun" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: assruns [present, singular, third-person], assrunning [participle, present], assran [past], assrun [participle, past]
Etymology: From ass + run. First used among gaming communities in the late 1990s. Etymology templates: {{com|en|ass|run}} ass + run Head templates: {{en-verb|assruns|assrunning|assran|assrun}} assrun (third-person singular simple present assruns, present participle assrunning, simple past assran, past participle assrun)
  1. (US, video games, slang) To follow (a player in a first-person shooter game) in order to shoot them from behind. Tags: US, slang Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-assrun-en-verb-lY4EnIQU Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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