Xbox

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

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. - 2015 June 24, “Top 10 Chinese Knockoffs of Foreign Products” (00:01:45 from the start), in China...

Origin

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

Forms

Xboxes XBox X-box

Related

NES SNES N64 GC SMS SMD DC PS

Derived

XB1 XBLA Xblocks Xbone Xbot Xboxer Xbrick Xflop

Verb

  1. To play a video game using an Xbox home console.
    • 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...

Forms

Xboxes Xboxing Xboxed