As a verb: To create or manifest something in real-time in a video game world.
As a noun: An area where game objects (players, items, vehicles...) are typically generated via spawning.
Comes with numerous child words related to this word.
Spawning: Gerund form of "spawn"
Spawned: Past tense form of "spawn"
Despawn: To delete something in real-time from a video game world
Respawn: To re-create or re-manifest something after its death,
destruction, or deletion in a video game world
Spawner: An entity
responsible for spawning other entities, such as Minecraft's mob spawners
Spawn Point/Respawn Point: A place where something is expected to spawn
Spawn Kill: An act of griefing in a video game by attacking players and/or essential items as they spawn
Reverse Spawn Kill/Kill Spawn: Similar to spawn killing, but where the spawning entity gets the kill
Spawn Mob: Multiple players participating in spawn killing of a
single player or essential item
Spawn Massacre: The spawn killing of many players or essential items by a single player
Reverse Spawn Mob: Multiple players spawning at once and attacking a single player
Reverse Spawn Massacre: One player kills many players and/or essential items shortly after spawning