Meanings
boid1
nounboid (plural boids)
plural boids
- A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms.
boid2
boid3
nounboid (plural boids)
plural boids
- nonstandardNonstandard spelling of bird, representing the traditional New York City pronunciation.
'You both got guns,' he said. 'I kin smell 'em. You come aroun' here again and you follow the boid 'n I plead self-defence.'
1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 140
Origin
From Boids, an artificial life program developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986; derived from bird and -oid.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish boakäärme, jättiläiskäärme
- boakäärmesnake
- jättiläiskäärmesnake
French boïdé
- boïdésnake
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with boid
avoidvoidemployeddestroyedLloydFloydBoydunemployedsteroidparanoidannoyedFreudasteroiddevoidandroiddiploidoverjoyedbuoyedalloyedsphenoidunalloyedvocaloidarticloidcloyed
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Boydbuoyed (one pronunciation)
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
boid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boid
MLA
“boid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boid. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boid.
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