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droids

/dɹɔɪdz/

droids is the plural 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

Words that rhyme with droids

Questions about droids

What is droids the plural of?
Droids is the plural of droid.
How do you pronounce droids?
Droids is pronounced /dɹɔɪdz/.

Words near droids in the dictionary

  1. Drohan
  2. Drohans
  3. Drohobych
  4. Drohobyczer
  5. droid
  6. droids
  7. droil
  8. droiled
  9. droiling
  10. droils
  11. droit

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