Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hug of death

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.07 in modern English

Syllables
hug of death
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extreme spike in usage of an Internet service that causes an outage of said service.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hug, of, death.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

hugs of death (plural)

Phrases

denial-of-service attack screen of death

Frequently Paired Words

denial-of-service attack screen of death slashdot

Questions

What does hug of death mean?
An extreme spike in usage of an Internet service that causes an outage of said service.

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