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✈️ To attack from air ✈️ Air attack 🎮 To move sideways
to strafe

to strafe

1 7.2
To move quickly sideways in a game to avoid being hit
  • verb
  • /streɪf/
  • Jargon
translation icon : moverse lateralmente
  • When under attack, it's important to strafe to find a better shooting position.

Examples

  • To avoid enemy fire, the player needs to strafe quickly to the left or right.

  • Strafe where you can see and expedite.

    Flight of the Intruder (1991)

  • Any move like the popular circle strafe maneuver?

  • Wilson sits in the pocket, feels pressure off the right side, and strafes outside.

    Blog text (29)

  • The movement and aiming of your gun is painfully realistic, and trying to circle-strafe, snap-turn, run and gun, or spray and pray will be about as effective as they would be in real life, i.e., very, very hard to pull off in a way that actually gives you an advantage.

    Blog text (13)

  • In the game, you can strafe to dodge attacks while aiming at your opponent.

Synonyms

to sideslip
vsto strafe
6.7

To slide sideways by accident or as a controlled action in a vehicle

is a quick deliberate lateral move used to dodge or reposition while aiming

Antonyms

to stand still
75 1.0

Stay upright in one place without moving

Phrasal Verbs

to strafe the area
  • Specialized
9.9

To attack a place from a plane or helicopter with machine gun fire

How Fast

to dash
73 1.0
to strafe
  • Jargon
1 7.2
sidestep
1 4.2
to shuffle
42 3.7

Surface Forms

strafe infinitive
strafed past
strafed past participle
strafing present participle
strafes third person singular

Etymology

Strafe comes from the German strafen, 'to punish', and first described a quick air attack. A helpful way to remember the gaming sense is to think of that fast action: to strafe in a game is to move quickly left or right to avoid fire while you fight.