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wavedash

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wavedash
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.

noun

A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.

noun

A movement technique in competitive Tekken done by looping multiple crouch dashes into each other.

verb

The act of performing said technique.

Etymology

From wave + dash, owing to the way characters move along the ground in a burst. The Tekken sense came first in the late 1990s, but the 2002 Super Smash Bros. sense was likely coined independently and has since become more prevalent.

Inflected Forms

wavedashes (plural) wavedashes (present, singular) wavedashing (participle, present) wavedashed (participle, past) wavedashed (past)

Questions

What does wavedash mean?
A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground.
Where does wavedash come from?
From wave + dash, owing to the way characters move along the ground in a burst. The Tekken sense came first in the late 1990s, but the 2002 Super Smash Bros. sense was likely coined independently and has since become more prevalent.

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