Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurtbox

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hurt-box
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage.

Example Sentences

"“Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post."
"As of the current patch, Luke’s crouching Medium Punch has been nerfed. It will now have a larger hurtbox, in addition to having a slower recovery when the attack misses."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hurt Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti Proto-Germanic *hittijaną Old Norse hittader. Old English hyttan Middle English hitten English hit Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box English hitbox blend English hurtbox Blend of hurt + hitbox.

Inflected Forms

hurtboxes (plural)

Questions

What does hurtbox mean?: The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage.
Where does hurtbox come from?: Etymology tree English hurt Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti Proto-Germanic *hittijaną Old Norse hittader. Old English hyttan Middle English hitten English hit Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor. Late Latin buxisbor. Proto-West Germanic *buhsā Old English box Middle English box English box English hitbox blend English hurtbox Blend of hurt + hitbox.

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