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spastic
UK /ˈspastɪk/ US /ˈspæstɪk/
adj 4noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
big, little, plastic
VERB + SPASTIC
bynes
SPASTIC + NOUN
mentalist, tracy, turnblad, you're
Definitions
adj
1
Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
2
Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
3
Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.
4
Hyperactive or behaving erratically.
noun
1
A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
2
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!
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Synonyms
adjective — affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’
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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!
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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. Pen
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