stot

American  

[stot] / stɒt /

noun

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

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verb (used without object)

stotted, stotting

1. to run with such a gait.

stot ¹ British  

/ stɒt /

noun

1. a bullock

2. a castrated male ox

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stot ² British  

/ stɒt, stot /

verb

1. to bounce or cause to bounce

2. Also: stotter.  (intr) to stagger

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Etymology

Origin of stot

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

Example Sentences

Grinning, Damon gave the horse a lick across the rump with his whip, and the old stot whinnied and lurched into motion.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The stot they had given him was a wretched thing, knock-kneed and half-starved; he could never hope to outdistance the fine horses Lord Ramsay and his hunters would be riding.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Reek rode a broken-down stot, all skin and bone and ribs, and he rode her slowly for fear he might fall off.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He spurred the stot onward, waving the peace banner so they could not fail to see it.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

He did well to send me, Reek told himself as he climbed back onto his stot to lead his ragged column back across the boggy ground to where the northmen were encamped.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin