maining
MAYN-ing/ˈmeɪnɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of main.
Top players often swear by maining a single character to master its timing.
He kept maining the tank even when the team needed more damage output.
Note
A form that does double duty: as a participle it builds progressive phrases (she has been maining the healer), and as a gerund it names the habit itself (maining one character takes patience). In gaming, to main is to favor one character, side or piece of equipment. The same spelling also carries the slang clipping of mainline, to inject a drug into a vein, so context tells the two apart.
maining is a form of main
main, verb: To mostly play a particular character, side, or set of equipment during a game. Full entry
- Spelling
- main → maining: add -ing
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