boid

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Boids, an artificial life program developed by Craig Reynolds in 1986; derived from bird and -oid. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bɔɪd/ Rhymes: -ɔɪd Homophones: Boyd, buoyed (one pronunciation) ==== Noun ==== boid (plural boids) A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊ.ɪd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊ.ɪd/ ==== Noun ==== boid (plural boids) Any member of the family Boidae of non-venomous snakes. ===== Related terms ===== boa ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (New York City) IPA(key): /bəɪd/ ==== Noun ==== boid (plural boids) Nonstandard spelling of bird, representing the traditional New York City pronunciation. === Anagrams === Bodi == Bavarian == === Alternative forms === båld (Southern Bavarian) === Etymology === From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognates include German bald, Dutch boud, English bold. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɔed̥/ === Adverb === boid (Central Bavarian) soon Mia san boid då. ― We'll be there soon. almost Synonyms: beinåh, fåst Des is scho boid nimmer woahr. ― It seems ages ago. (literally, “It is almost not true anymore.”) easy So a Auto is boid kaft, owa foarn kenna muass ma's hoid ah. ― It's easy to buy a car, but you also have to be able to drive it. (in the negative, with so) any time soon Synonyms: schnej, schnö De kumman ned so boid zruck. ― She won't be back any time soon. Des vergiss i so boid ned. ― I won't forget that any time soon. == Irish == === Alternative forms === buid (superseded) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bˠɪdʲ/ === Noun === boid m inflection of bod: vocative/genitive singular nominative/dative plural === Mutation ===