aggro

[ ag-roh ]
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noun
  1. Chiefly British and Australian Informal. trouble; irritation: I'm at a place in my life where I don't want any aggro.

  2. British and Australian Informal. aggressiveness, especially that of an urban youth gang or gang member.

  1. (in a video game) the triggering of an enemy attack or the state of being targeted for attack; enmity; hate: Oof, aggro will be an issue if you try to cross a level 80 zone with a level 62 character.

verb (used with or without object)ag·groed or ag·gro-ed;ag·gro·ing or ag·gro-ing.
  1. (in a video game)

    • (of an enemy character) to become alert to and then target a player character for an attack: A mob aggroed our Ninja, who dragged it back to camp, which didn’t end well for any of us.Some enemies only aggro to sound, so keep silence potions in your inventory.

    • (of a player character ) to strategically draw the attention of an enemy character programmed to attack, in order to counterattack: If you aggro all of the low-level enemies in this dungeon, you can take them out with a single spell.

Origin of aggro

1
First recorded in 1965–70; construed as a shortening of either aggravation or aggression (or aggressive); see -o

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British Dictionary definitions for aggro

aggro

/ (ˈæɡrəʊ) /


noun
  1. British slang aggressive behaviour, esp by youths in a gang

Origin of aggro

1
C20: from aggravation

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