Nerf

[ nurf ]

/ nɜrf /

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Definition of Nerf

Trademark.

a brand name for various toys modeled especially on sports equipment but made of foam rubber or other soft substances.

verb (used with object)

(lowercase)Slang. (in a video game) to reconfigure (an existing character or weapon), making it less powerful: The game development team nerfed several guns in the recent update.

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Words nearby Nerf

nerdic, nerdy, nereid, nereis, Nereus, Nerf, Nergal, Neri, nerine, neritic, Nernst

How to use Nerf in a sentence

At 46, I have written over the years in coffee shops, libraries, kitchens, parks, while watching Wonder Pets with toddlers, and once during an active Nerf gun fight between my son and some neighbors.
Why I Don't Need to Be Called a Genius Like My Father|Ada Calhoun|June 17, 2022|Time
Now, however, Nerf is intentionally allowing players to curve their shots with its new line of Rival blasters.
Nerf’s newest blaster shoots spinning balls for dramatic curves|Stan Horaczek|January 27, 2021|Popular-Science
We limited Nerf guns, banned first-person-shooter video games, argued about how much Star Wars they should see.
I brought my kids to the Devil for Christmas. And they’re fine. Right?|Petula Dvorak|December 17, 2020|Washington Post
He shot at them with his Nerf Gun, assaulted them with racial epithets, and worst of all, he stole their snacks.
Some 4 a.m. Brainstorming on How to Make Obama Tougher Than Putin|Annabelle Gurwitch|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I notice a yellow Nerf gun–like toy on the couch inside the firehouse.
With the Fireman of Brooklyn’s Company 224 as They Observe the Fallen|Maurice Emerson Decaul|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The shield was covered with horn, sinews or nerf, and skin or rind.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer
Make some holes in me oof you vant, aber I don'd t'ink you haf der nerf to make holes in anypody.
Motor Matt's Triumph, or, Three Speeds Forward|Stanley R. Matthews
You vas all a back oof gowards, und don'd haf der nerf to show your faces!
Motor Matt's Triumph, or, Three Speeds Forward|Stanley R. Matthews