Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spawn camp

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: spawn -camp
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stay near a spawn point in order to kill players immediately after they spawn.

Intransitive verb

verb

To kill (players) immediately after they spawn.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Some servers will ban you if you spawn camp too much."
"While one team is effectively pinned down by spawn campers, the team that has successfully spawn camped may proceed to complete any other goals of the match unobstructed."
"How am I supposed to do anything if I get spawn camped in five seconds?"
"Of the turning point, he said, "We each got off our heroes and started playing random heroes. Dafran played Soldier for some reason, I stuck with Tracer, and we just ran to their spawn and then started spawn camping them.""

Etymology

From spawn (“a location on a game map in which a player spawns”) + camp (“to stay beside something to gain an advantage”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

spawn camps (present, singular) spawn camping (participle, present) spawn camped (participle, past) spawn camped (past) spawncamp (alternative)

Phrases

spawn camper

Questions

What does spawn camp mean?: To stay near a spawn point in order to kill players immediately after they spawn.
Where does spawn camp come from?: From spawn (“a location on a game map in which a player spawns”) + camp (“to stay beside something to gain an advantage”).

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