English Explanatory Dictionary

RPG

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Initialism of Report Program Generator.
noun
  1. Initialism of roleplaying game.
  2. Initialism of rocket-propelled grenade.
  3. Initialism of rebound per game.
  4. Initialism of research postgraduate.
verb
  1. To play a roleplaying game.
  2. To attack with a rocket-propelled grenade.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

RPG RPGs RPG's RPGing RPG'ing RPG-ing RPGed RPG'd RPG'ed

Etymology

Initialism. When applied to a "rocket-propelled grenade" it derives from Russian РПГ (RPG), initialism of ручно́й противота́нковый гранатомёт (ručnój protivotánkovyj granatomjót, “hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher”), of which "rocket-propelled grenade" is a backronym (though an accurate description of the weapon system).

Related words

LARP

Derived words

RPGer ARPG CRPG JRPG litRPG MMORPG SRPG tactical RPG tactics RPG TRPG TTRPG WRPG
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