different between frag vs cooldown

English

Etymology

Shortened from fragmentation grenade.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fr?g, IPA^(key): /f?æ?/
• Homophone: phrag
• Rhymes: -æ?

Noun

frag (plural frags)

1. (military, slang) A fragmentation grenade.
   • 1986, Oliver Stone, Platoon (film script)

     ELIAS: Police up your extra ammo and frags, don't leave nothing for the dinks.

2. (video games, slang) A successful kill in a deathmatch game.

   I'd been fighting him for ages, and then you stole my frag!

Derived terms

• fragfest

Translations

Verb

frag (third-person singular simple present frags, present participle fragging, simple past and past participle fragged)

1. (transitive, US, military, slang) To deliberately kill (one's superior officer) with a fragmentation grenade.
2. (transitive, military and video games, slang) To hit with the explosion of a fragmentation grenade.

   I fragged him once and then meleed him for the kill.

3. (video games) To kill.
   • 1996, "Martin Cox", Stupid frags ... (on newsgroup rec.games.computer.doom.playing)

     I have pistol-fragged far superior players coming at me with a shotgun with 100% health.

   I fragged him but he fell off the ledge afterwards.

Derived terms

• telefrag

Translations

See also

• gib
• first-person shooter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Graf, graf

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?a?k/
• Rhymes: -a?k

Verb

frag

1. singular imperative of fragen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of fragen

Romanian

Etymology

From frag?.

Noun

frag m (plural fragi)

1. woodland strawberry plant, Fragaria vesca

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?a?]

Noun

frag (nominative plural frags)

1. strawberry (fruit, achene, akene)

Declension

Derived terms

• fragaplan

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase cool down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku?lda?n/

Noun

cooldown (plural cooldowns)

1. (video games) The minimum length of time that the player needs to wait after using an ability or item before it can be used again.

   I had to wait for the cooldown to finish before recasting the spell.

2. (sports) The rest period between sets or workout sessions.
3. (by extension) Any rest period between sessions of an activity or event.

See also

• frag
• first-person shooter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia