bastid

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A form of bastard — A person who was born out of wedlock, and hence often considered an illegitimate descendant.

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Meanings

nounbastid (plural bastids)

plural bastids

  1. pronunciation spellingslangvulgarPronunciation spelling of bastard.

    […] making their favorite satiric gestures to the cops, handing them flowers, burying the bastids in tender fruity petals of love.

    1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →OCLC, page 13

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bastardlove child

Origin

Clipped form or euphemised version of bastard

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Cite this entry
APA

bastid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastid

MLA

“bastid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bastid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bastid.

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