Droid

Quick meaning: Droid is a noun meaning (originally and chiefly science fiction) A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).

Meaning

(originally and chiefly science fiction) A robot, especially one made with some physical resemblance to a human (an android).

More Meanings

1. (chiefly 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.

Example Sentences

“These aren’t the ’droids you’re looking for,” [Obi-Wan] Kenobi told him pleasantly.

"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.

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.

I'm close to finding those maps. I know it! Then six more missions and I'll have enough creds to set myself up in style on some snug and safe planet. I'll have a bunch of droid servants and never have to get my hands dirty again.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include android, dalek, doll, dong, demon, dialler.

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