wallhack

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *welH-der.

Proto-Italic *walso-

Latin vallumbor.

Proto-West Germanic *wall

Old English weall

Middle English wal

English wall

Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng-der.

Proto-Germanic *hakkōną

Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn

Old English *haccian

Middle English hakken

English hack

English wallhack

From wall + hack.

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Noun

wallhack (plural wallhacks)

1. (video games) A patch enabling a player to cheat by modifying the properties of walls, as by making them transparent or nonsolid.
   • 2002 July 28, Hedgehog, “Cheating bastard - was Re: Wallhack”, in alt.games.quake3‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <3D44478B.DA7AB89@KIspamLLpernc.com>:

     He was so good, I figured I could learn something by watching it. I couldn't understand why I couldn't get anything at all from the demo, until I discovered he was using the wallhack.

   • 2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge‎^[2], archived from the original on 25 June 2020:

     Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner. […] Aimbots and wallhacks are the most common forms of cheating in online shooters, allowing people who are new to a game or simply at a lower skill level to get a huge advantage over other players.

Derived terms

• wallhacking

Verb

wallhack (third-person singular simple present wallhacks, present participle wallhacking, simple past and past participle wallhacked)

1. (video games, transitive) To use a wallhack.
   • 2002 March 18, Marcus Leach, “MafiaTech - Why must they cheat? (funny story and video)”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike‎^[3] (Usenet), message-ID <1tzl8.39041$Q9.9349739@twister.kc.rr.com>:

     im like damn this guy is good.. then the next round... I noticed he wallhacked me... started shooting me before he came around and I was silent walking...

   • 2010 April 6, “First World Problem”, in MC Frontalot (music), Zero Day‎^[4]:

     Got wallhacked in PVP (first world problem)
     Oh no, HD-DVD (first world problem)