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[edit] Etymology 1

Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot'

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Singular
bot

Plural
bots

bot (plural bots)

  1. The larva of a bot fly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From bottom

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Infinitive
to bot

Third person singular
bots

Simple past
botted

Past participle
botted

Present participle
botting

to bot (third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

  1. (British, slang) To bugger
  2. (Australian, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting that thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
    Can I bot a smoke?
    Jonny always bots off me. I just wish he’d get his own pack.

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Although there are some references that mention that somebody could actually be a "bot" if they practice the art of botting, this noun is not really commonly used.

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  • (To ask for something): bum (UK)

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Shortened from robot

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[edit] Noun

Singular
bot

Plural
bots

bot (plural bots)

  1. (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
  2. (computing) A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
  3. (video games) A computer controlled character in a multiplayer video game, such as a first-person shooter.

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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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bot m. (plural bots)

  1. jump, leap

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bot

  1. Not sharp, blunt, dull
  2. A type of impolite behaviour: curt, blunt, rude

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bot (plural botten, diminutive botje, diminutive plural botjes)

  1. n. bone
  2. m. flounder (a type of fish)
  3. m. (Flemish) boot

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bot

  1. offered (past tense of bieten).

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bot (plural botok)

  1. stick

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[edit] Old English

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From Germanic *bōt- ‘good’. Cognate with Old Frisian bōte, Old Saxon bōta (Dutch boete), Old High German buoza (German Buße), Old Norse bōt (Swedish bot), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰.

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bōt f. (plural bōte)

  1. remedy, cure
  2. rescue, deliverance from evil

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[edit] Swedish

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Inflection for bot Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bot boten böter böterna
Genitive bots botens böters böternas
  1. fine

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Swedish bōt ("improvement"), from Old East Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but). Akin to English boot ("remedy", "profit", asf). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

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Inflection for bot Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bot boten boter boterna
Genitive bots botens boters boternas

bot c.

  1. cure; remedy

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[edit] West Frisian

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bot

  1. a type of impolite behaviour: curt, blunt, rude
  2. dull (as a knife)

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bot

  1. very, quite

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bot m.

  1. flounder (a type of fish)
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