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ott

UK/əʊ tiː ˈtiː/US/oʊ tiː ˈtiː/

ott is the alternative form of OTT.

Noun

ott (plural otts)

  1. (Internet) An otter.

Adjective capitalized: OTT

OTT (comparative more OTT, superlative most OTT)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of over the top.
    • Even for her, though, this one was OTT: a skin-tight ankle-length gold pleated gown, simultaneously retro and futuristic.2022, Ellery Lloyd, chapter 2, in The Club, Mantle, →ISBN
    • Insider secret: Her makeup artist often uses Armani Fluid Sheer Glow Enhancer Highlighter to add that sheen without any OTT chunky glitters.2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan

Proper noun (1) capitalized: OTT

OTT

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Ottawa.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ott

Ott

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Ottawa.

Forms of ott

Noun
pluralotts
Adjective
comparativemore OTT
superlativemost OTT
Proper noun
alternative formOtt.
alternative formOTT

Origin of ott

Clipping of otter.

Initialism of over the top.

Abbreviation of Ottawa.

Questions about ott

What does ott mean?
Ott means an otter.
What is ott the alternative form of?
Ott is the alternative form of OTT.
What part of speech is ott?
Ott can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ott?
Ott is pronounced /oʊ tiː ˈtiː/ (US).
What is the plural of ott?
The plural of ott is otts.

Words near ott in the dictionary

  1. Otsosaht
  2. otsu
  3. Otsuka
  4. Otsukas
  5. Otsukimi
  6. ott
  7. otta
  8. ottah
  9. ottar
  10. ottariid
  11. ottariids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ott (page history and authors); OTT (page history and authors); Ott (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.

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