Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Slang Aggressive or violent behavior.
- n. Chiefly British Slang Irritation or exasperation: "Postponing new hospitals and roads causes far less aggro than sacking town hall or Whitehall workers” ( Economist).
- adj. Slang Aggressive or violent.
- adj. Slang Daring and skillful, especially in a sport such as surfing.
Wiktionary
- n. Aggravation; bother
- n. Aggressive behavior.
- n. Attention from a hostile enemy which causes it to attack.
- adj. angry
- adj. Liable to attack without being attacked first (said of monsters).
- adj. hardcore, aggressive
- adj. radical, aggressive, hardcore
- v. To attack without being attacked first (said of monsters).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. aggravation or aggression.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
Etymologies
- Short for aggravation and aggression.
Examples
“Council inspectors to film 'aggro' mums HOLDFAST Bay parking inspectors are wearing mini video cameras to capture abuse from "aggro" mothers, pinged for illegally parking outside schools.”
“Tactical options are present and correct via a target marking system and the use of an "aggro" meter (more on that later), but in large you'll be doing a whole lot of running and a whole lot of gunning.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“The aforementioned "aggro" system makes a comeback and is still simple to use yet rewarding as ever.”
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
“Co-op sits at the heart of everything, with the core idea being "aggro".”
“If both of your Siege Engines are alive, he'll trade 'aggro' between those.”
“I'm just trying to explain why people may have gotten all "aggro" over the review.”
“Units, left to their own devices, react only to an 'aggro' radius put out by the enemy, and have no qualm against letting fellow soldiers get gunned down if they're resting spitefully outside of that radius.”
“The player with the most "aggro" is the player that the monster will attack.”
“DoT spells have the advantage of creating less "aggro" for the player than spells that do their damage all at once.”
“Stoke know all about the 'aggro' Redknapp is talking about.”
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