"one-trick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: one-tricks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} one-trick (plural one-tricks)
  1. (video games, derogatory) A player who consistently plays a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets. Tags: derogatory Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-one-trick-en-noun-DaF1AWqv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: video-games

Verb

Forms: one-tricks [present, singular, third-person], one-tricking [participle, present], one-tricked [participle, past], one-tricked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} one-trick (third-person singular simple present one-tricks, present participle one-tricking, simple past and past participle one-tricked)
  1. (video games, transitive, intransitive, derogatory) To consistently play a video game using only one of the available characters or skill sets. Tags: derogatory, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-one-trick-en-verb-fcRswn-6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for one-trick meaning in English (2.8kB)

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