blot
UK/blɒt//blɑt/
blot noun: a blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
Noun
blot (plural blots)
- A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- England bound in with the triumphant ſea, / Whoſe rocky ſhore beates backe the enuious ſiedge / Of watery Neptune, is now bound in with ſhame, / With Inky blottes, and rotten Parchment bonds.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
- When I and some others subscribed our names / To a plot for expelling my master king James [James II of England]; / I withdrew my subscription by help of a blot, / And so might discover or gain by the plot: […]1711 [December?] (date written), Jonathan Swift, “An Excellent New Song. Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator against Peace [i.e., Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham].”, in Thomas Sheridan...
- A stain on someone's reputation or character; a disgrace.
- Thy ouerflow of good, conuerts to bad, / And thy abundant goodneſſe ſhall excuſe / This deadly blot, in thy digreſſing ſonne.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
- He that reproueth a ſcorner, getteth to himſelfe ſhame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himſelfe a blot.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 9:7, column 2
- A method of transferring proteins, DNA or RNA, onto a carrier.
- An exposed piece in backgammon.
Verb
blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)
- To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
- To soak up or absorb liquid.
- This paper blots easily.
- To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
- To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
- The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…]1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
- To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- It blots thy beautie, as froſts doe bite the Meads,[…]c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
- Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert
- To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
- to blot out a word or a sentence
- One act like this blots out a thouſand Crimes.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act V, page 82
- To obscure; to eclipse; to shadow.
- He ſung how Earth blots the Moons gilded Wane,[…]1656, Abraham Cowley, Davideis
- To sell illegal drugs, to deal, to push.
- I'm walking down the street, past the coppers on the beat. Past the shotters blottin' weed, clear for everyone to see.2006 June 26, “Where Ya From?” (track 10), in Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, performed by Plan B (musician)
- What kind of things that you have. When I find out don't expect me to stop. I'll come for the P's that you stack. And come for the food that you blot.2009 March 17, “Next Hype” (track 3), in All-Star Pars, performed by Tempa T
- To hit a blot.
blot meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
blot in Hindi
- धब्बा
blot in Tamil
- கறை, குற்றம், புள்ளி, ஒற்று, ஒற்றுதல்
blot in Marathi
- to blot
- टिपणे ṭipṇe
blot in Urdu
- داغ, دھبہ, داغ لگانا, مسخ کرنا, توہین کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- blot in Bengali
- দাগ, কলঙ্ক, কালি লেপন
- blot in Malayalam
- മഷിയും മറ്റും ഒപ്പിയെടുക്കുക
- blot in Kannada
- ಕಲೆ, ಕರೆ, ದೋಷ, ಕುಂದು
- blot in Nepali
- ब्लट
Examples of blot in a sentence
- Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief.1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter XVII. Somebody Turns Up.”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London...
- The only blot on this service is that of its Kentish Town connections, which throughout the day in many cases just miss the St.1960 February, “The dieselised St. Pancras suburban service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95:
- Porchy: Blottin' dope on the block, going on these shows.2014 August 18, “Earth Burns”performed by Porchy,Oxxxymiron:
Synonyms of blot
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Forms of blot
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blots |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blots |
| present participle | blotting |
| past participle | blotted |
| past | blotted |
Origin of blot
From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).
Words formed from blot
- blot one's copy book
- blot out
- blottable
- blotter
- blotting paper
- blot up
- outblot
- reblot
- transblot
- unblotted
- beblot
- blotless
- blot on the escutcheon
- blottesque
- blot test
- blotto
- blotty
- dot blot
- electroblot
- histoblot
- immunoblot
- inkblot
- interblot
- Northern blot analysis
- Southern blot
- Western blot
- western blot analysis
- zoo blot
Phrases with blot
Words that rhyme with blot
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rot
- apricot
- ribat
- bot
- got
- not
- red-hot
- snot
- stot
- tot
- calotte
- jot
- a lot
- allot
- clot
- cot
- fembot
- frot
- mot
- quat
- swot
- white-hot
- begot
- cannot
- forgot
- garrote
- grot
- marotte
- not so hot
- nott
- Nouakchott
- overshot
- piping hot
- scot
- scrot
- sot
- subplot
- swat
- thot
- wot
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
- chott
Questions about blot
- What does blot mean?
- Blot means a blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
- What is blot in Hindi?
- Blot in Hindi is धब्बा. See Blot meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use blot in a sentence?
- Four sides of incoherent and interjectional beginnings of sentences, that had no end, except blots, were inadequate to afford her any relief.
- What part of speech is blot?
- Blot can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce blot?
- Blot is pronounced /blɒt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of blot?
- The plural of blot is blots.
Words near blot in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blot (page history and authors); blot (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blot (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); टिपणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); blot (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blot (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blot (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blot (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blot (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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