wot
UK/wɒt/
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Australia/wɔt/
wot verb: to know (a fact). Also the first-person singular present indicative of wit.
Verb
wot (third-person singular simple present wots, present participle wotting, simple past and past participle wotted)
- To know (a fact).
- He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John
- Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee.1878, Thomas Tusser, “74. A Digression.”, in Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. […], London: Published for the English Dialect Society by Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC; republished as W[illiam]...
Also used as
wot is also the first-person singular present indicative of wit.
wot is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of wit.
wot is also the eye dialect spelling of what.
wot is also the alternative form of what.
Examples of wot in a sentence
- A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot!
- I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got?
- So when the war broke out, sez 'e: "Well, wot abaht it, Joe?"
Forms of wot
| third-person singular present | wots |
|---|---|
| present participle | wotting |
| past participle | wotted |
| past | wotted |
| alternative form | wott |
| alternative form | wotte |
| alternative form | wote |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | wottest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | wottedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | wotteth |
Origin of wot
From Middle English woten, from Old English weotan. An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
Representing pronunciation.
Words that rhyme with wot
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- blot
- 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
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
- chott
Questions about wot
- What does wot mean?
- Wot means to know (a fact).
- What part of speech is wot?
- Wot is a verb.
- How do you pronounce wot?
- Wot is pronounced /wɔt/ (Australia).
- What is the past tense of wot?
- The past tense of wot is wotted.
Words near wot in the dictionary
Source and license
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