What does "xbox" mean?

Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.

What is a synonym for "xbox"?

Common synonyms include: xblocks, xbone, xbrick.

//ˈɛks bɒks// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
Any of the home consoles in Microsoft's Xbox product line, especially the original Xbox.
"The Xbox or the Arcade Game Box? That's weird. They knocked off the look of the Xbox with the PlayStation controller."
2
Misspelling of Xbox. alt-of, misspelling

Verb

1
To play a video game using an Xbox home console. informal, intransitive
"There's a time and a place for mindless activities (we don't need to make them a big deal) but, if done excessively, they don't exactly deliver what they promise. In other words, Xboxing for hours at a time may give you an illusion of rejuvenation but it doesn't truly make you feel rested."

"On the Xbox 360 the very first thing he said was "good hardware.""

From "DirectX box". In use since the announcement of the original Xbox in 2000.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.