droid
/drɔɪd
/noun
1(In science fiction) a robot.The robots, the droids as they are called in these parts, were owned and used for various things....
- No actually my wonderful robot droid Malcolm is taking care of everything.
- The droids looked like a stereotypical sci-fi robot: they were hovering, with a spiked ‘halo’ as the lowest part of their structure.
1.1A person regarded as lifeless or mechanical: a marketing droid...
- Our main suspicion was a sales droid on the fiddle.
- The thing is, this was not a sales droid but the official technical support person.
- So, while I am waiting for the sales droid to process my order I started talking to a couple about MP3 players.
Origin
1970s: shortening of android.
Rhymes
- rubberize
- rubber johnny
- rubber kite
- rubber latex
- rubber-leather
- rubberless
- rubber-like
- rubber match
- rubberneck
- rubbernecker
- rubberoid
- rubber plant
- rubber-proofed
- rubber reclaiming
- rubber ring
- rubber room
- rubber sheet
- rubber shop
- rubber slipper
- rubber snake
- rubber solution
- rubber stamp
- rubber stampish
- rubber tree
- rubber-tyred