"spawn camp" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spawn camps [present, singular, third-person], spawn camping [participle, present], spawn camped [participle, past], spawn camped [past]
Etymology: From spawn (“a location on a game map in which a player spawns”) + camp (“to stay beside something to gain an advantage”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|spawn|camp|nocat=1|t1=a location on a game map in which a player spawns|t2=to stay beside something to gain an advantage}} spawn (“a location on a game map in which a player spawns”) + camp (“to stay beside something to gain an advantage”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} spawn camp (third-person singular simple present spawn camps, present participle spawn camping, simple past and past participle spawn camped)
  1. (intransitive, video games) To stay near a spawn point in order to kill players immediately after they spawn. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Video games Synonyms: spawncamp Derived forms: spawn camper
    Sense id: en-spawn_camp-en-verb-LEjSyh1Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28 Topics: video-games
  2. (transitive, video games) To kill (players) immediately after they spawn. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-spawn_camp-en-verb-~TfOws8s Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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