spastic
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Definition of spastic
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
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adj
- Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
- Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive)Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive)Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
noun
- (especially, offensive)A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
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(colloquial, derogatory, especially, offensive)A stupid, clumsy person.
“‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’”
“Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!”
“Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky): Show Link! This is nuts—she can't even dance. Penny Pingleton (Amanda Bynes): Plastic little spastic. Tracy Turnblad: Oh, Link, I can dance so much better than her. Penny Pingleton: Mhm! Tracy Turnblad: Why don't you notice me at school?”
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”). By surface analysis, spasm + -tic. Cf. French spastique and see also spasm.
Words you can make from spastic
98 playable · top: ASPICS (10 pts)
Best play aspics 10 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
16 words4-letter words
35 words- CAPS 8 pts
- PACS 8 pts
- PACT 8 pts
- PICA 8 pts
- PICS 8 pts
- ACTS 6 pts
- ASCI 6 pts
- ASPS 6 pts
- CAST 6 pts
- CATS 6 pts
- CIST 6 pts
- PASS 6 pts
- PAST 6 pts
- PATS 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PITA 6 pts
- PITS 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- PSST 6 pts
- SACS 6 pts
- SAPS 6 pts
- SCAT 6 pts
- SICS 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SPAS 6 pts
- SPAT 6 pts
- SPIT 6 pts
- TAPS 6 pts
- TICS 6 pts
- TIPS 6 pts
- AITS 4 pts
- SATI 4 pts
- SITS 4 pts
- TASS 4 pts
3-letter words
33 words- CAP 7 pts
- PAC 7 pts
- PIC 7 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- ASP 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CIS 5 pts
- PAS 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PIA 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PIT 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- PST 5 pts
- SAC 5 pts
- SAP 5 pts
- SIC 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- SPA 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TIC 5 pts
- TIP 5 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- AIT 3 pts
- ASS 3 pts
- ATS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- SAT 3 pts
- SIS 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- TAS 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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