troid
troid noun: any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
Noun (1)
troid (plural troids)
- Any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
- Games I look forward to next year:
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Metroid Prime 4 (I’ve never played one of the 3D troids but I wanna)2018 April 15, Andrew! (@Drewiker_), Twitter - It kinda ruined parts of Metroid 2 and it's definitely one of the weaker 2D troids, but it has solid moment to moment gameplay and Samus "feels" great to control.2020 May 3, D3 (@Professor_D3), Twitter
- Games I look forward to next year:
- An individual member of the fictional alien Metroid species in this franchise.
- The much derided linearity is merely a reappearance of the linearity of Metroid 2, with it's coincidental earthquakes when you killed troids2016 May 29, Horrible Checkers Lad Appreciator (@clockwork353), Twitter
- the metroid fights, meanwhile, their counter tells are SO LONG i always miss them by hitting the button early. like, it can't possibly be that long. except it is. i have no success trying to do it on reaction either..
also, the troids spend too long being invuln for w/e reason2020 April 30, Antiquity Row (@vorpalll), Twitter
Noun (2)
troid (plural troids)
- A transgender person.
- at least we both concede that troids are hard on the eyes2020 July 10, MKULTRA (@mkultraism), Twitter
- Ever wonder why the majority of troids are trans "woman"?2020 November 30, CoolAndGood (@HowDareYouSir_), Twitter
Examples of troid in a sentence
- really hope MercurySteam gets to keep cranking out some more 2D troids2021 October 27, Brandon Classic Movies (@Thatoneguy64), Twitter:
- I want to draw more of the other critters too (space pirates? ridley? non-larval troids????)2021 July 15, Lorian (@grackling), Twitter:
- thats an awful lot of words to say you dont like troids2022 January 6, Evan (@EvanPlatinum), Twitter:
Forms of troid
| plural | troids |
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Origin of troid
Clipping of Metroid.
From tranny + -oid, probably as an abbreviation of earlier slur trannoid.
Questions about troid
- What does troid mean?
- Troid means any of the video games in the Metroid franchise.
- How do you use troid in a sentence?
- really hope MercurySteam gets to keep cranking out some more 2D troids
- What part of speech is troid?
- Troid is a noun.
- What is the plural of troid?
- The plural of troid is troids.
Words near troid in the dictionary
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