deagle

English

Alternative forms

• Deagle, DEagle, D. Eagle, D-Eagle

Etymology

Blend of desert +‎ eagle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːɡəl/

Noun

deagle (plural deagles)

1. (slang) Desert Eagle (a type of pistol)
   • 2011 September 19, Marco Fiori, “Everything you need to know about Counter Strike: Global Offensive”, in Macgasm‎^[1]:

     That means the Deagle, AWP, M4, AK — those staple killing devices are on track to appear.

   • 2017 January 6, Chris Eger, “New Desert Eagle combo pack comes with both .44 Mag, .50 AE barrels”, in Guns.com‎^[2]:

     If you are a Deagle fan but have problems deciding between running your Israeli supersized pistol in .44 Magnum or .50 Action-Express, Magnum Research now has you covered.

Verb

deagle (third-person singular simple present deagles, present participle deagling, simple past and past participle deagled)

1. (transitive, slang, video games) To shoot with a Desert Eagle.
   • 2018 April 16, Erwin Cruz, “'Fortnite:' Epic looking on hit reg changes; Meteor showers spotted”, in Blasting News‎^[3]:

     Someone from the FortniteBR subreddit recently posted a short clip of his gameplay where his character deagled another player in the head.

   • 2019 February 15, Alan Bernal, quoting Nick ‘NICKMERCS’ Kolcheff, “NICKMERCS hits out at Fortnite PC players for bashing console players”, in Dexerto‎^[4]:

     Don’t say stupid things because you got deagled in a scrim.

Anagrams

• Delage, eagled, gealed