stot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Alternative spellings 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.3 Verb 1.2.3.1 Synonyms 1.2.4 Derived terms 1.3 References 2 Scots 2.1 Alternative spellings 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Pronunciation 2.4 Verb 2.5 Noun 2.6 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English stot, stotte (“‘a hack, jade, or worthless horse’”), Old Norse stútr. Compare Swedish stut (“‘a bull’”), Danish stud (“‘an ox’”). Confer stoat.

[edit] Noun

stot (plural stots)

1. (obsolete) An inferior horse.
2. An ox or bull.
3. (regional) A heifer.

[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Germanic compare Old Norse stauta.

[edit] Alternative spellings

• stott

[edit] Noun

stot (plural stots)

1. (Scottish) A bounce or rebound; a leap.

[edit] Verb

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

1. (intransitive, Scottish and Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.

   Me heed was stottin this mornin.

2. (transitive, Scottish and Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.

[edit] Synonyms

• pronk

[edit] Derived terms

• stotter

[edit] References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• stot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893-4[1]
• OED 2nd edition 1989

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Alternative spellings

• stotte

[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain, see English etymology.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /stɔt/

[edit] Verb

tae stot (third-person singular simple present stots, present participle stottin, simple past stottit, past participle stottit)

1. To bounce, rebound, ricochet.

[edit] Noun

stot (plural stots)

1. A bounce, rebound.

[edit] References

• Dictionary of the Scots Language, Scottish Language Dictionaries, Edinburgh [2]