wot

American  

[wot] / wɒt /

verb

Archaic.

1. first and third person singular present tense of wit.

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wot British  

/ wɒt /

verb

1. archaic a form of the present tense (indicative mood) of wit 2

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Etymology

Origin of wot

Middle English woot, Old English wāt; cognate with German weiss, Old Norse veit, Gothic wait, Greek oîda, I have seen, I know, Sanskrit veda; wit ²

Example Sentences

After Thatcher’s Conservative successor John Major unexpectedly triumphed in the 1992 election, the tabloid boasted: “It’s the Sun wot won it.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Let’s talk a little bit about wot the violence interrupters are.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2021

“Wot you ’ave to know about chimney flues,” he was declaring, “is that flues ’as several twists in ’em, cuz they’s attached to uvver flues wot shares one openin’.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2018

I would be devastated if I never got to taste Genet Agonafer’s doro wot again, and I’m not the one laboring in the kitchen for three days on the sauce.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2018

And if they’re in foreign languages wot I don’t understand, I shall be just as proud as if I did.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens