Call of Duty: Warzone is one of the biggest and best battle royale games. It's free-to-play, supports cross-platform matches, and features intense and hectic gameplay.
In Call of Duty: Warzone, it's incredibly important that you communicate with your team and pay attention to your surroundings. You also need to know the lingo so you can tell your companions what you're doing---whether that's deploying a UAV, thirsting another player, or rotating the map.
To help you become the best Warzone player around, we've put together this handy list of all the terms that you need to know. Soon they'll become second nature, so you can focus on getting kills and wins.
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Call of Duty: Warzone: The Terms You Need to Know
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ADS | Aim down sights; looking down your weapon for a more accurate shot |
| Armor | Protective plates, of which three can be applied and up to eight can be carried (with a satchel) |
| Attachment | Item placed on a weapon to change its performance (like a scope or a silencer) |
| Bait | Lure an enemy player into a trap, where the rest of the team are waiting |
| Battle Pass | A paid system that unlocks weapons and customizations as you rank up |
| Bounty | A type of contract where you get cash for eliminating an enemy marked on the map |
| Buy Station | An in-game shop to buy armor, gas masks, UAVs, and more using cash |
| Cash | In-game currency that is found within crates, on the floor, or rewarded for completing contracts |
| Circle | The map boundary that shrinks as the game progresses |
| Clutch | Winning a high-stakes situation when the odds are stacked against you |
| Contract | Missions to complete for cash and loot: Bounty, Recon, Scavenger, and Most Wanted |
| Dead Silence | A perk that reduces your footstep noise for a short period of time |
| Downed | When your health reaches zero, you become incapacitated and must be revived or you die |
| Drop Shot | Entering a prone position while shooting to avoid the enemy's fire |
| Finishing Move | A stylish animation to kill someone with a melee attack when their back is to you |
| Flank | Instead of pushing an enemy from the front, you take a side route to try and surprise them |
| Flash | A type of grenade that temporarily blinds a player |
| Frag | The standard grenade where the pin is pulled and it explodes after a brief period of time |
| Gas | Deadly yellow gas that surrounds the circle; stay too long in the gas and you will die |
| Gulag | Where you go after your first death to battle someone in order to respawn |
| Heartbeat | When you see a dot on your Heartbeat Sensor, which indicates nearby players |
| Hip Fire | Firing your gun without aiming down sights |
| Juggernaut | A rare perk that drops from the sky; when worn, you wear a special protected suit and get a minigun |
| Jump Shot | Shooting someone while jumping in the air |
| K/D | Kill/death ratio; the amount of kills you have to deaths, the higher the better |
| Killstreak | Found in crates or bought at the Buy Station, killstreaks include UAVs, Shield Turrets, and Cluster Strikes |
| Loadout | Your customized weapons and perks; you can buy a Loadout from a Buy Station |
| Mini Map | The small map in the corner of your screen which shows the surrounding area |
| Most Wanted | A type of contract where you are marked on the map for all to see; survive three minutes and your team respawn |
| Mount | Place your weapon on a surface to make it easier to aim thanks to reduced recoil |
| One Shot | When an enemy is very low on health that they can be killed in a limited number of shots |
| Operator | The character you play as |
| Optic | A dot or crosshair that appears when you aim down sights to help see where your bullets will go |
| Parachute | If you fall from a great height then you will die, thus you must deploy your parachute to float |
| Perk | Benefits that you apply to your Loadout, perks include Cold-Blooded, Ghost, and Amped |
| Ping | A marker to show your team something, like a location or an enemy |
| Plunder | A different game mode, separate to Battle Royale, where you must collect as much cash as possible |
| Quickscope | Quickly killing someone after aiming down sights |
| Recon | A type of contract where you must secure a specific location in order to reveal the next circle |
| Redeploy | Coming back to the game after dying |
| Revive | When you are downed in a fight, you must be healed by a teammate or use a purchased self-revive kit |
| Rotate | Changing your position on the map, perhaps hovering the edge of the circle, rather than going straight |
| Scavenger | A type of contract where you must open a series of crates to secure loot and cash |
| Season | A period of time where new events, weapons, customizations, and more are released |
| Slide Cancel | An advanced trick to move faster, achieved by pressing the slide button twice followed by jump |
| Stun | A type of grenade that temporarily reduces enemy movement |
| Thirst | When you quickly kill someone who has been downed to prevent them being revived |
| UAV | A killstreak that reveals where nearby enemies are on the map for a limited time |
| Verdansk | The fictional location that Warzone is set in |
| Wallbang | Killing someone through a wall or barrier |
How to Win Call of Duty: Warzone Matches
We all start somewhere. Learn this lingo, teach your team, and you'll find that you quickly start working together far better than before.
Of course, winning Warzone is more about the slang. That's why we've put together tips and tricks to help you win Warzone.
