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Games / Video Games / Gaming / Casino / Android application | | English term or phrase: use meat-ball gauge | It's a translation for a game (android application), it's a very short translation of how the game is working. The following sentence is stated in the part where the keys are explained used in the game:
'left soft key' = use meat-ball gauge
another sentence is:
When eliminating animals you can get meat-ball gauge. If continuous eliminations achieved you can get more meat-ball gauge.
The game itself is a kind of '4 op een rij'. You need to have 4 of the same animals on top of each other. In order to achieve this you have to eliminate other animals that are preventing you to have 4 of the same on top of each other. |
| | | gehaktballenmunitie gebruiken | Explanation:
Een van de betekenissen van 'gauge' is kaliber, van munitie. Ik denk dat het hier gaat om munitie van het kaliber 'gehaktbal'. |
| Selected response from:
 Berna Bleeker
Local time: 19:46
| Grading comment thanks a lot for all the suggestions, it was a big help!
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15 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 gebruik gehaktbal meter
Explanation:
The general definition for "gauge" has to do with measuring, measurement, standars sizes .
So if it has to do with measurng you could try the literal translation in dutch " meter"
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 gebruik gehaktballengeweer
Explanation:
According to The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English a gauge is a shotgun, so if there are real meatballs in the game, 'use meatball gauge' would be something like 'gebruik gehaktballengeweer'.
As I do not know whether there are real meatballs in the game, I also looked up the slang meaning of 'meatball'. This is 'afweervuur' or 'oriëntatielamp' (see taalvlinder.com), and 'a colored light that serves as a visual aid in an optical landing system for an airplane landing on an aircraft carrier' according to The Routledge.
I hope this will be of some help.
Reference: http://www.taalvlinder.com/pages/lijsten/luchtalg.htm#m
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