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health bar

American  
[helth bahr] / ˈhɛlθ ˌbɑr /

noun

  • health bars
    plural
  1. (video games) an on-screen representation of the health of a player, antagonist, or other character, which indicates how injured or how healed that character is.


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He spends it fixing tiny things that the original game developers seemingly neglected, like making sure a character’s health bar actually appears over their head instead of at some arbitrary point in space.

From The Verge Jul. 1, 2022

Besides, I don’t think love works like a health bar in a video game, fluctuating in measurable amounts and capped at a certain level.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2020

Soon, she plans to open a health bar on site serving raw desserts, cold-pressed juices and high-end coffee.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2017

But Bloodborne packs its zoo with deft, spontaneous enemies who make it incredibly difficult to land reciprocal blows before the regain timer runs out and the damage to your health bar becomes permanent.

From Time Mar. 23, 2015

Turns out a health bar has a lot of funny-sounding stuff in it that actually seems kind of weird.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

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