Kitbash

//ˈkɪtˌbæʃ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A model created by this means.
Verb
  1. 1
    To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits. transitive

    "But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome."

  2. 2
    To create something using existing pieces or components originally sold, distributed, or acquired for other purposes. broadly, transitive

    "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."

Example

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"But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome."

Etymology

From kit + bash.

Related phrases

scale model

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