Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teamkill

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: teamkill
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To kill another player on one's own team.

Transitive verb

noun

The killing of another player on one's own team.

Example Sentences

"Wait, I was killed by... a facility guard throwing the ball?! So, wait, I got teamkilled by SCP-018, which is good 'cause that's on my list of ways to die, but it was by a teammate?! I mean, that works, but I didn't think that was possible - OK!"
"Albeit, at the time, the Type 93 would go on to be the central star of the most spectacular teamkill of the war, when the cruiser Mogami fired a salvo of six Type 93s at the cruiser USS Houston, missed, but, with their long range, the torpedoes quite happily motored on and blew up four friendly transports and a minesweeper. Yeah, not such a good day."

Etymology

From team + kill.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

teamkills (present, singular) teamkilling (participle, present) teamkilled (participle, past) teamkilled (past) teamkills (plural)

Questions

What does teamkill mean?: To kill another player on one's own team.
Where does teamkill come from?: From team + kill.

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