ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hitbox

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hitbox is a noun meaning (genericized trademark) An arcade game controller that features an array of buttons instead of a joystick lever.

Meaning

(genericized trademark) An arcade game controller that features an array of buttons instead of a joystick lever.

More Meanings

  1. (computer graphics) 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.

Example Sentences

However, Fortnite players believe that each skin has varying hitboxes, offering them a competitive advantage.
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.

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