stot

[ stot ]

/ stɒt /

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noun

a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.

verb (used without object), stot·ted, stot·ting.

to run with such a gait.

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Origin of stot

Special use of Scots, N England dialect stot bound, go by leaps, bounce; perhaps akin to Middle English stuten to stutter

Words nearby stot

storyteller, storytelling, Storyville, storywriter, stoss, stot, stotin, stotinka, stotious, stotter, stottie

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How to use stot in a sentence

A crown to Hector as fee for fishing out the black stot that broke its neck over the rocks.
Girlhood and Womanhood|Sarah Tytler
They came to a fine stot, and Sir Alexander said, with some appearance of boast, "I was offered twenty guineas for that ox."
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character|Edward Bannerman Ramsay
Tam, ye stot, yeve let the muckle yin aff again, groaned the smaller.
The Half-Hearted|John Buchan
A big sonsy stot is a manageable animal, and respectable withal, and quiet; but thae sma' hieland deevils!
The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. I of 2)|Michael Scott

Quartus fuit Robertus Stot qui eciam mortuus est sine herede.
Villainage in England|Paul Vinogradoff

British Dictionary definitions for stot (1 of 2)

stot¹

/ (stɒt) /

noun dialect

a bullock

a castrated male ox

Word Origin for stot

Old English

British Dictionary definitions for stot (2 of 2)

stot²

/ (stɒt, stot) /

verb stots, stotting or stotted Scot and Northern English dialect

to bounce or cause to bounce

Also: stotter (intr) to stagger

Word Origin for stot

of obscure origin

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