spastic — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

2. Of or relating to spastic paralysis.

3. Incompetent or physically uncoordinated.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • Derogatory
   • Offensive
   • in the UK and Ireland

4. Hyperactive or behaving erratically.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • Derogatory
   • Offensive
   • in the UK and Ireland

Noun

1. A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.

   Usage

   • especially
   • Offensive
   • in the UK and Ireland

2. A stupid, clumsy person.

   Usage

   • Colloquial
   • Derogatory
   • especially
   • Offensive
   • in the UK and Ireland

   Examples

   ‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’

   More examples (2)

   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!

   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. Penny Pingleton: Mhm! Tracy Turnblad: Why don't you notice me at school?

Adjective

1. relating to or characterized by spasm

   Examples

   a spastic colon

   spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy

2. suffering from spastic paralysis

   Examples

   a spastic child

3. affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm

   Synonyms

   convulsivespasmodic

   Examples

   convulsive motions

   his body made a spasmodic jerk

   More examples (1)

   spastic movements

Noun

1. a person suffering from spastic paralysis

   Broader terms

   paralytic