stot

[ stot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used especially when running in alarm from a predator.

, stot·ted, stot·ting.

stot

/ stɒt /

stot

/ stɒt; stot /

Origin of stot¹

Special use of Scots, N England dialect stot bound, go by leaps, bounce; perhaps akin to Middle English stuten to stutter

Origin of stot¹

Old English

Origin of stot²

of obscure origin

A crown to Hector as fee for fishing out the black stot that broke its neck over the rocks.

They came to a fine stot, and Sir Alexander said, with some appearance of boast, "I was offered twenty guineas for that ox."

Tam, ye stot, yeve let the muckle yin aff again, groaned the smaller.

A big sonsy stot is a manageable animal, and respectable withal, and quiet; but thae sma' hieland deevils!

Quartus fuit Robertus Stot qui eciam mortuus est sine herede.

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