static
Plural: statics
Noun
- Random noise interfering with radio or TV signals.
- a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference
- angry criticism
- "they will probably give you a lot of static about your editorial"
- Interference on a broadcast signal caused by atmospheric disturbances; heard as crackles on radio, or seen as random specks on television.
- Interference or obstruction from people.
- Verbal abuse.
- Static electricity.
- A static caravan.
- A static variable.
Adjective Satellite
- not in physical motion
- showing little if any change
- "a static population"
Adjective
- concerned with or producing or caused by static electricity
- "an electrostatic generator produces high-voltage static electricity"
Adj
- Unchanging; that cannot or does not change.
- Making no progress; stalled, without movement or advancement.
- Immobile; fixed in place; having no motion.
- Computed, created, or allocated before the program starts running, as opposed to at runtime.
- Defined for the class itself, as opposed to instances of it; thus shared between all instances and accessible even without an instance.
Examples
- Don't you be giving me any static over it. You know the rules.
- I was getting a lot of static from the bean counters whenever I tried to proceed.
- The static in his mind prevented him from seeing any high-scoring Words With Friends words.
- The World Series was on, but there was so much static that we could barely even follow the action.
- This stupid carpet is always giving me a shock from the static.
Origin / Etymology
Modern Latin staticus, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós), from ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to make stand”). By surface analysis, stasis + -tic.
Synonyms
atmospheric static, atmospherics, electrostatic, inactive, motionless, stable, still, unchanging, changeless, constant, equal, fixed, immobile, immotile, immovable, inanimate, inert, lifeless, nonchanging, rigid, sessile, static, stationary, stuck, unaltering, unmovable, unmoveable, unvarying
Scrabble Score: 8
static: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstatic: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
static: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary