Word.ws English Dictionary

blotting

blotting is the present participle and gerund of blot.

Noun

blotting (plural blottings)

  1. A blot; a stain.
    • the mean blottings of an hireling pen1819, William Wastle, The Mad Banker of Amsterdam
  2. The process by which something is blotted.
    • The per cent water was calculated to be 80.7 after 10 blottings[…]1963, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Meaning of blot

Verb

blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)

  1. (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  2. (intransitive) To soak up or absorb liquid.
    • This paper blots easily.
  3. (transitive) To dry (writing, etc.) with blotting paper.
  4. (transitive) To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.
    • The briefe was writte and blotted all with gore,[…]1566, George Gascoigne, Dan Bartholmew of Bath
  5. (transitive) 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]...
  6. (transitive) To stain with infamy; to disgrace.
    • Blot not thy Innocence with guiltleſs Blood.1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert

See all 14 meanings of blot

Forms of blotting

pluralblottings

Words formed from blotting

Phrases with blotting

Questions about blotting

What does blotting mean?
Blotting means a blot; a stain.
What is blotting the present participle and gerund of?
Blotting is the present participle and gerund of blot.
What part of speech is blotting?
Blotting is a noun.
What is the plural of blotting?
The plural of blotting is blottings.

Words near blotting in the dictionary

  1. blottesques
  2. blottest
  3. blotteth
  4. blottier
  5. blottiest
  6. blotting
  7. blotting book
  8. blotting one's copy book
  9. blotting one's copybook
  10. blotting out
  11. blotting pad

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blotting (page history and authors); blot (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “blotting.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/blotting. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.