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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Alternative forms 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Usage notes 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Alternative forms 1.4.2 Noun 1.4.2.1 Translations 1.4.2.2 Derived terms 1.5 See also 1.6 References 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 German 4.1 Verb 5 Hungarian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Declension 5.2.2 Derived terms 6 Old English 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Related terms 7 Swedish 7.1 Etymology 1 7.1.1 Noun 7.1.1.1 See also 7.2 Etymology 2 7.2.1 Noun 7.2.1.1 See also 8 West Frisian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Adjective 8.3 Adverb 8.4 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: bŏt, IPA: /bɒt/, SAMPA: /bQt/

  Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Etymology 1

Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag 'maggot'

[edit] Alternative forms

• bott

[edit] Noun

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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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.

[edit] Usage notes

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.

[edit] Synonyms

• (To ask for something): bum (UK)

[edit] Etymology 3

Shortened from robot

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• 'bot

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Derived terms

• -bot suffix

[edit] See also

• Bots

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

bot m. (plural bots)

1. jump, leap

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio^{help, file}

[edit] Adjective

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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• heilbot m.
• tarbot m.

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bot

1. offered (past tense of bieten).

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbot/

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bot (plural botok)

1. stick

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declension of bot singular plural nominative bot botok accusative botot botokat dative botnak botoknak instrumental bottal botokkal causal-final botért botokért translative bottá botokká terminative botig botokig essive-formal botként botokként essive-modal - - inessive botban botokban superessive boton botokon adessive botnál botoknál illative botba botokba sublative botra botokra allative bothoz botokhoz elative botból botokból delative botról botokról ablative bottól botoktól

possessives of bot possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. botom botjaim 2nd person sing. botod botjaid 3rd person sing. botja botjai 1st person plural botunk botjaink 2nd person plural bototok botjaitok 3rd person plural botjuk botjaik

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• botkormány

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

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.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bo:t/

[edit] Noun

bōt f. (plural bōte)

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

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• bētan

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

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[edit] Noun

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

• Pronunciation IPA: /buːt/  Audio^{help, file}

1. fine

[edit] See also

• böta
• bötfälla

[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.

[edit] Noun

• Pronunciation IPA: /buːt/  Audio^{help, file}

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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• bota

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /bot/

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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)