wavedash

== English == === Etymology === From wave + dash, owing to the way characters move along the ground in a burst. The Tekken sense came first in the late 1990s, but the 2002 Super Smash Bros. sense was likely coined independently and has since become more prevalent. === Pronunciation === === Noun === wavedash (plural wavedashes) (video games, cheifly Super Smash Bros. Melee) A momentum technique within competitive Super Smash Bros. done by performing an air dodge diagonally into the ground. (video games, by extension) A momentum technique, exploit or intentional, involving an aerial movement angled into the ground which causes a horizontal burst of speed along it. (video games, Tekken) A movement technique in competitive Tekken done by looping multiple crouch dashes into each other. === Verb === wavedash (third-person singular simple present wavedashes, present participle wavedashing, simple past and past participle wavedashed) The act of performing said technique.