kitbash en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɪtˌbæʃ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From kit + bash.
Meanings
- A model created by this means.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kitbashes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| kit-bash | alternative | lexicographic |
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
kitbash en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɪtˌbæʃ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
From kit + bash.
Meanings
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(transitive) To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits.
But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome.
2017 April 30, Captain Disillusion, The Method Robot | Quick D, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023:
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(broadly, transitive) To create something using existing pieces or components originally sold, distributed, or acquired for other purposes.
This was a very generous way of describing the swarm of cables, kit-bashed thaumatic cores, Noogenic foci and para-technological inverters, all surrounded by an astoundingly complex cognitohazardous sigil and multiple ontological anchors.
2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kitbashed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| kitbashed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| kitbashing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| kit-bash | alternative | lexicographic | |
| kitbashes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |