"supp" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: supps [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of support. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|support}} Clipping of support Head templates: {{en-noun}} supp (plural supps)
  1. (video games, slang) A support (in a competitive video game, a player or character who supports or heals their team's players rather than directly engaging enemies). Tags: slang Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-supp-en-noun-xeev7J6A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Is there any hero that actually builds blink dagger to specifically blink away from a fight? Mostly its an initiation item. Even supps like Oracle and SD build it more to be able to hide and then jump to save carry afaik. Blink can be used to disengage, but I don't think that's ever the primary explicit goal of the hero building it.",
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