"wallbang" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wallbang.wav Forms: wallbangs [plural], wall bang [alternative], wall-bang [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of wall + bang. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|wall|bang}} Compound of wall + bang Head templates: {{en-noun}} wallbang (plural wallbangs)
  1. (video games) An instance of wallbanging; in particular a kill obtained by wallbanging. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-wallbang-en-noun-NIpReQGm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 41 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 39 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 39 4 Topics: video-games
  2. (video games) A position or constellation that allows wallbanging. Categories (topical): Video games Synonyms: wallbang spot
    Sense id: en-wallbang-en-noun-1xVoU7Sv Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wallbang spot, wallbang location, wallbang kill, wallbang multikill, wallbang collateral, wallbangable, bangable (english: synonyms of spammable)

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-wallbang.wav Forms: wallbangs [present, singular, third-person], wallbanging [participle, present], wallbanged [participle, past], wallbanged [past], wall bang [alternative], wall-bang [alternative]
Etymology: Compound of wall + bang. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|wall|bang}} Compound of wall + bang Head templates: {{en-verb}} wallbang (third-person singular simple present wallbangs, present participle wallbanging, simple past and past participle wallbanged)
  1. (video games) To shoot at a character through a wall without having vision on them. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-wallbang-en-verb-Bk5i-Xwr Topics: video-games

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