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stot
noun
1.
a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.
verb (used without object)
2.
to run with such a gait.
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Origin:
special use of Scots, N England dialect stot bound, go by leaps, bounce; perhaps akin to Middle English stuten to stutter
special use of Scots, N England dialect stot bound, go by leaps, bounce; perhaps akin to Middle English stuten to stutter
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