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Xbox

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See also: XBox and X-box

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From "DirectX box". In use since the announcement of the original Xbox in 2000.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɛks bɒks/

Noun

Xbox (plural Xboxes)

  1. (video games, trademark) Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.
    • 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:01:45 from the start), in China Uncensored, spoken by himself (Chris Chappell), New Tang Dynasty Television, via New Tang Dynasty Television:
      The Xbox or the Arcade Game Box? That's weird. They knocked off the look of the Xbox with the PlayStation controller.

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Verb

Xbox (third-person singular simple present Xboxes, present participle Xboxing, simple past and past participle Xboxed)

  1. (intransitive, video games, informal) To play a video game using an Xbox home console.
    • 2018, Shelley Aggarwal, Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, No Weigh!: A Teen's Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom, London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 49:
      There's a time and a place for mindless activities (we don't need to make them a big deal) but, if done excessively, they don't exactly deliver what they promise. In other words, Xboxing for hours at a time may give you an illusion of rejuvenation but it doesn't truly make you feel rested.

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Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Xbox.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiɡz.bɔks/
  • Rhymes: -iɡzbɔks
  • Syllabification: X‧box

Noun

Xbox m animal

  1. Xbox (any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox)

Declension

Further reading

  • Xbox in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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