stot

[ stot ]

noun

1. 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.

1. to run with such a gait.

stot

¹

/ stɒt /

noun

1. a bullock
2. a castrated male ox

stot

²

/ stɒt; stot /

verb

1. to bounce or cause to bounce
2. Alsostotter intr to stagger

Word History and Origins

Origin of stot¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of stot¹

Old English

Origin of stot²

of obscure origin

Example Sentences

A crown to Hector as fee for fishing out the black stot that broke its neck over the rocks.

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They came to a fine stot, and Sir Alexander said, with some appearance of boast, "I was offered twenty guineas for that ox."

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Tam, ye stot, yeve let the muckle yin aff again, groaned the smaller.

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A big sonsy stot is a manageable animal, and respectable withal, and quiet; but thae sma' hieland deevils!

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Quartus fuit Robertus Stot qui eciam mortuus est sine herede.

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