Nes

//ɛn iː ɛs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of night eating syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 2
    Initialism of native English speaker. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  3. 3
    Initialism of Nintendo Entertainment System. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "The strategy that has dominated recently for the last couple of years is to tap the d-pad as fast as humanly possible with one finger, known as hypertapping in the gaming community. In NES Tetris, this skill is crucial, since the speed increases when moving up levels, culminating in level 29, where the pieces usually drop to the bottom of the board in less than ⅓ of a second. However, hypertapping has several limitations."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of News Election Service. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Initialism of National Election Studies. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of Nortel Energy Saver. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  4. 4
    Initialism of National Employment Service of Canada). Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 5
    Abbreviation of Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. abbreviation, alt-of

Example

More examples

"I thought the NES was the first game console."

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