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Mot
Definitions
- 1 The ancient Canaanite god of death and the underworld.
- 1 A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
"Here and there turns up a […] savage mot."
- 2 A woman; a wife. Ireland, UK, slang
"Come wed, my dear, and let's agree, / Then of the booze-ken you'll be free; / No sneer from cully, mot, or froe / Dare then reproach my Bess for Joe; / For he's the kiddy rum and queer, / That all St. Giles's boys do fear."
- 3 Ministry of Transport test; an annual test of roadworthiness for British cars over three years old. British
"I can’t drive over this week, the car is in for its MOT."
- 4 a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes wordnet
- 5 A word or a motto; a device. obsolete
"1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum With his big title, an Italian mot"
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- 6 A prostitute. Ireland, UK, slang
- 7 An aggregate which meets the Ministry of Transport standard as a compact subbase. British
"It will need some MOT at the bottom and then a layer of washed sand."
- 8 a clever remark wordnet
- 9 A note or brief strain on a bugle. obsolete
"Comrades, mark these three mots — it is the call of the Knight of the Fetterlock"
- 10 A landlady. Ireland, UK, slang
"After some altercation with the "mot" of the "ken" (mistress of the lodging-house) about the cleanliness of a knife or fork, my new acquaintance began to arrange "ground," &c., for the night's work."
- 11 management of technology.
- 12 microwave oven transformer
- 13 A member of the tribe; i.e. a Jew
"And, of course, she and her family would be welcome in our home too, with bagels, crembos—and even the kind of four course meal we were lucky enough to enjoy with them, our fellow MoTs."
- 14 magnetooptical trap
Etymology
From French mot. Doublet of motto.
Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”) and moth (“girlfriend”).
Learned borrowing from Ugaritic 𐎎𐎚 (mōtu).
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