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beot

beot noun: a boast or threat; boastful speech.

Noun

beot (countable and uncountable, plural beots)

  1. (countable) A boast or threat; boastful speech.
  2. (uncountable) Boastfulness.

Forms of beot

pluralbeots

Origin of beot

From Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), from Old English bēot; see below.

Questions about beot

What does beot mean?
Beot means a boast or threat; boastful speech.
What part of speech is beot?
Beot is a noun.
What is the plural of beot?
The plural of beot is beots.

Words near beot in the dictionary

  1. Beoley
  2. Beoney
  3. beoparries
  4. beoparry
  5. beopju
  6. beot
  7. beotch
  8. beotches
  9. Beothic
  10. Beothick
  11. Beothicks

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