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'droid

'droid is the alternative form of droid.

Meaning of droid

Noun

droid (plural droids)

  1. A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).
    • It's crazy. They're swarming all over Carron City. They're stopping robots in the streets—household Robs, commercial Droids, all of them. They just look at them, and then the others quit work and start off with them.1952 July, Mari Wolf, “Robots of the World! Arise!”, in James L. Quinn, editor, If (Project Gutenberg; Ebook #31611), volume 1, number 3, Kingston, N.Y.: Quinn Pub. Co., published 12 March 2010...
  2. (US, derogatory) A person having the qualities of an android; one with few or no emotions or little personality, or who acts in an unthinking manner; a robot.
    • "Okay, Allie, I didn't want to have to do this, but if you insist on behaving like an astromech droid, you leave me no choice." Rory's an accountant and a Star Wars nerd.2006, Shane Bolks, Reality TV Bites: […], New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 16

Forms of 'droid

plural'droids

Questions about 'droid

What is 'droid the alternative form of?
'droid is the alternative form of droid.

Words near 'droid in the dictionary

  1. 'dog
  2. 'dogs
  3. 'dom
  4. 'doms
  5. 'dos
  6. 'droid
  7. 'droids
  8. 'drome
  9. 'dromes
  10. 'dswounds
  11. 'e

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