"wallhack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wallhacks [plural]
Etymology: wall + hack Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wall|hack}} wall + hack Head templates: {{en-noun}} wallhack (plural wallhacks)
  1. (video games) A patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid. Categories (topical): Video games Derived forms: wallhacking
    Sense id: en-wallhack-en-noun-74oz~3I3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Topics: video-games

Verb

Forms: wallhacks [present, singular, third-person], wallhacking [participle, present], wallhacked [participle, past], wallhacked [past]
Etymology: wall + hack Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wall|hack}} wall + hack Head templates: {{en-verb}} wallhack (third-person singular simple present wallhacks, present participle wallhacking, simple past and past participle wallhacked)
  1. (video games) To use a wallhack. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-wallhack-en-verb--s~Oijrf Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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