fragfest

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noun

Video gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounfragfest (plural fragfests)

plural fragfests · alternative frag-fest

  1. video gamesVideo gameplay, especially for multiple players, involving extreme action, deadly combat, explosions, etc.

    Unreal is a total fragfest that is all about over-the-top, arcade-style action.

    2006 September 10, Seth Schiesel, “Video Games: War, Whimsy, Wrestling and the New Zelda”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jun 2014
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    What better time is there than the holidays to revel in the profound joys of video gaming? Time off from work or school can be put to prime use: blasting a loved one in a "SOCOM II" multiplayer frag-fest, dropping a mad rhyme with "Karaoke Revolution," slashing your way across Middle Earth in "Lord of the Rings".

    2003 December 11, Scott Taves, “Games to suit any player await easy-chair heroes in various formats”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 07 Jun 2014

    Spec Ops: The Line is a cover-based shooter in the mould of Gears Of War, although comparing its gameplay to Epic's testosterone-juiced fragfest is doing the latter something of a disservice.

    2012 June 26, Nick Cowen, "Spec Ops: The Line" (game review), The Guardian (UK) (retrieved 7 June 2014)

Origin

  1. Englishfragmentation
  2. Englishgrenade
  3. Englishfragmentation grenadeclip.
  4. Englishfrag
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁stos
  8. Proto-Italic*θēstos
  9. Proto-Italic*fēstos
  10. Latinfēstus
  11. Latinfestum
  12. Middle High Germanfëst
  13. GermanFest
  14. Englishfest
  15. Englishfragfest

From frag + -fest.

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APA

fragfest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragfest

MLA

“fragfest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragfest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fragfest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragfest.

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