kitbash

English

Alternative forms

• kit-bash

Etymology

From kit +‎ bash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪtˌbæʃ/

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Verb

kitbash (third-person singular simple present kitbashes, present participle kitbashing, simple past and past participle kitbashed)

1. (transitive) To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits.
   • 2017 April 30, Captain Disillusion, The Method Robot | Quick D‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 December 2023:

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

2. (transitive, by extension) To create something using existing pieces or components originally sold, distributed, or acquired for other purposes.
   • 2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation‎^[2], archived from the original on 28 February 2025:

     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.

Derived terms

• kitbasher

Noun

kitbash (plural kitbashes)

1. A model created by this means.

Anagrams

• Khatibs, bhaktis, khatibs