stots

Verb

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

1. (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
2. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
3. (Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To stumble.
4. (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

5. (obsolete) To strike, push, shove.

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