Strafe

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To attack (ground troops, for example) with a machine gun or cannon from a low-flying aircraft.
  • n. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To attack (ground targets) with automatic gunfire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • v. to sidestep; to move sideways without turning. A core mechanic of most first-person shooters.
  • n. An attack of machine-gun or cannon fire from a low-flying aircraft.
  • n. A sideways movement without turning.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane
  • n. an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane
  • Verb Form
    strafed    strafes    strafing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assail    attack    onslaught    onset    onrush   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Rafe    chafe    safe    unsafe    waif