kitbash

verb, noun — 3 senses

kitbash

verb

/ˈkɪtˌbæʃ/

Etymology From kit + bash.

1

To create a new scale model using pieces from existing commercial kits.

  • But, a nicely kitbashed hull and cool interior backlights don't help with the major technical hurdles the robot has yet to overcome.2017 April 30, Captain Disillusion, The Method Robot | Quick D, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023:
2

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

  • 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.2025 February 4, Queerious, “Don't Let Them Forget”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025:
Derived terms
kitbasher

kitbash

noun

Etymology From kit + bash.

1

A model created by this means.

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