"kitbash" meaning in All languages combined

See kitbash on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: kitbashes [plural], kit-bash [alternative]
Etymology: From kit + bash. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kit|bash}} kit + bash Head templates: {{en-noun}} kitbash (plural kitbashes)
  1. A model created by this means.
    Sense id: en-kitbash-en-noun-UqLFV1lZ

Verb [English]

Forms: kitbashes [present, singular, third-person], kitbashing [participle, present], kitbashed [participle, past], kitbashed [past], kit-bash [alternative]
Etymology: From kit + bash. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kit|bash}} kit + bash Head templates: {{en-verb}} kitbash (third-person singular simple present kitbashes, present participle kitbashing, simple past and past participle kitbashed)
  1. To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits. Categories (topical): Board games, Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer
    Sense id: en-kitbash-en-verb-av0bYdwg Disambiguation of Board games: 25 57 18 Disambiguation of Dungeons & Dragons: 26 56 18 Disambiguation of Warhammer: 25 58 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 57 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 62 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 57 17
  2. (by extension) To create something using existing pieces or components originally sold or acquired for other purposes. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-kitbash-en-verb-0mhT5~wY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kitbasher

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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