hitbox
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hitbox¹
noun hitboxes
- An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model. Veronica Ripley, 32, often speaks to friends about the role that video games played in her trans awakening: “I would try to explain it away, saying that I was playing the girl character because she had a smaller hitbox or quicker kill animations,” she said, referring to in-game advantages.
hitbox²
noun hitboxes
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An arcade game controller that features an array of buttons instead of a joystick lever.
Similar: hitbox controller, leverless controller, leverless arcade controller
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Talk about this word "hitbox." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hitbox. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. hitbox. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hitbox "hitbox." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hitbox.Cite this
@misc{hitbox_2026,
title = {hitbox},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hitbox},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
