<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to attack (ground troops or installations) by airplanes with machine-gun fire.</li><li>Slang: to reprimand viciously.</li><li>(used without object) (of a player character in a video game) to move sideways while keeping a target in view, rather than turning the body to face the character’s destination in a regular forward movement.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a strafing attack.</li></ul>