aggro

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Aggravation

   Aggravation; bother.

2. 2

   Aggressive behaviour

   Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.

   • Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro.
   • ‘We ain′t got a name yet. We′re into aggro.’ ‘Aggro?’ ‘Yeah, you know, aggression, aggravation. Aggro’.
3. 3

   A measure of a player's level of belligerence.

   • To reduce one player's aggro level, the other must build up his own.
   • We asked for an ability to trasnfer^([sic]) our aggro to another player—were told that could cause some abuse.
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   1. 4

      Hostile attention from an enemy.

      • You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid.
   2. 5

      Angry.

   3. 6

      Aggressive

      Aggressive; inclined to attack (including, in video games, without having first been attacked).

      • a lazy worker who drank hard, who was aggro to all, who then chased after someone's underage daughter, got in a fight over it, got kicked out, moved on to do it all again somewhere else.
   4. 7

      Hardcore, aggressive.

      • At the beginning of the twenty-first century the physically adept aggro femme had become a recurring motif in new circus and physical theatre.
      • Each Black Flag line-up had a personality and vibe. They were all totally aggro and totally rocking.
   5. 8

      To become aggressive towards the player's character.

      • They'll aggro on you if you get too close.
   6. 9

      To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.

      • I aggroed the dragon by stealing from its hoard, and it killed me.

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