stot

/stɒt/

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British/stɔt/

stot noun: an inferior horse.

Noun (1)

stot (plural stots)

(obsolete) An inferior horse.
An ox or bull.
(regional) A heifer.
- Rory would never have believed that his half-hour had been a twelvemonth, "did not the calves grown now into stots, and the new-born babes now toddling about the house, at length convince him that in his single reel he had danced for a twelvemonth and a day."1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 387

Noun (2)

stot (plural stots)

(Northern England, Scotland) A bounce or rebound.
- Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard.1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate, published 2012, page 148
A leap using all four legs at once.

Verb

stot (third-person singular simple present stots, present participle stotting or stottin, simple past and past participle stotted)

(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
- ‘I've plenty of money in my bank – and I have my cheque book here – could one of you cash a cheque for five pounds? – I promise it won't stot.’1996, Alasdair Gray, “Lack of Money”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 285
(Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To stumble.
(intransitive) To leap using all four legs at once.
- This vigorous and conspicuous leaping in front of a predator is analogous to bird alarm calls, in that it seems to warn companions of danger while apparently calling the predator’s attention to the stotter himself. We have a responsibility to explain stotting Tommies and all similar phenomena, and...1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 14
Synonyms:

pronk
(obsolete) To strike, push, shove.

stot meaning in Tamil

stot in Tamil

இள எருது

Synonyms of stot

pronk

Forms of stot

Noun
plural	stots
alternative form	stott
Verb
third-person singular present	stots
present participle	stotting
present participle	stottin
past participle	stotted
past	stotted

Origin of stot

From Middle English stot, from Old English stott (“a hack, jade, or worthless horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt, of uncertain origin; yet, probably related to Old Norse stútr (“young bull, steer”) (whence Danish stud (“a castrated bull, steer”), Swedish stut (“a steer”)). Compare also English stoat.

Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan; as well, modern English stutter.

Words formed from stot

Words that rhyme with stot

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Questions about stot

What does stot mean?: Stot means an inferior horse.
What is stot in Tamil?: Stot in Tamil is இள எருது. See Stot meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stot?: Stot can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce stot?: Stot is pronounced /stɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of stot?: The plural of stot is stots.

Words near stot in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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