noun Gaming Slang

Frag

/fræɡ/ · noun · slang

A kill in a shooter — and, as a verb, to rack them up.

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Definitions

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Used in 'frag out' to mean carrying with a huge number of kills.

“Our entry fragger was fragging out today.”
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2

A single kill in a first-person shooter, the basic unit of scoring.

“He ended the round with five frags.”
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As a verb, to kill enemies, often a lot of them in quick succession.

“She was fragging out the entire match.”
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Frag In A Sentence

30 frags and we still lost, what is this team
he's been fragging out all week on ranked
need one more frag to close this out

Origin & Usage

From 1990s deathmatch shooters like Quake and Doom, borrowed from Vietnam-era military slang where 'frag' meant killing with a fragmentation grenade. The kill-counting sense became standard FPS vocabulary.

People Also Ask

What does frag mean in gaming?

A frag is a kill in a shooter game. The term dates back to 90s deathmatch games like Quake.

What does fragging out mean?

It means a player is getting a ton of kills and dominating the lobby. It's high praise for shooter players.

What is an entry fragger?

It's the player whose job is to push in first and get the opening kill for the team. They take the most risk for the first frag.

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