What does "stot" mean?
An inferior horse.
Stot
/stɒt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: An inferior horse.
- Grammar: stot is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: beef, billy goat, bison, boar.
- Usage evidence: Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An inferior horse. obsolete
- 2 A bounce or rebound. Northern-England, Scotland
"Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard."
- 3 An ox or bull.
- 4 A leap using all four legs at once.
- 5 A heifer. regional
Verb
- 1 To bounce, rebound or ricochet. Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive
"‘I've plenty of money in my bank – and I have my cheque book here – could one of you cash a cheque for five pounds? – I promise it won't stot.’"
- 2 To make bounce, rebound or ricochet. Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
- 3 To stumble. Northern-England, Scotland, transitive
- 4 To leap using all four legs at once. intransitive
"This vigorous and conspicuous leaping in front of a predator is analogous to bird alarm calls, in that it seems to warn companions of danger while apparently calling the predator’s attention to the stotter himself. We have a responsibility to explain stotting Tommies and all similar phenomena, and this is something I am going to face in later chapters."
- 5 To strike, push, shove. obsolete
Example
"Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "stot"?
Common synonyms include: beef, billy goat, bison, boar, bossy, bovine.
How do you use "stot" in a sentence?
Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard.
How do you pronounce "stot"?
Pronounced /stɒt/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English stot, from Old English stott (“a hack, jade, or worthless horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt, of uncertain origin; yet, probably related to Old Norse stútr (“young bull, steer”) (whence Danish stud (“a castrated bull, steer”), Swedish stut (“a steer”)). Compare also English stoat.
Etymology 2
Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan.