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

The stot was eventually contained by police in the Greenfield Place area of Lerwick, where a cow was brought in in an effort to calm it down.

From BBC

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 Literature

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

From Literature

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

From Literature

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 Literature