stot

== English == === Pronunciation === UK (Received Pronunciation) enPR: stŏt, IPA(key): /stɒt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /stɔt/ US (General American) enPR: stät, IPA(key): /stɑt/ Rhymes: -ɒt Homophone: haught (in accents with the cot-caught merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English stot, from Old English stott (“a hack, jade, or worthless horse”), from Proto-West Germanic *stott, *stutt, of uncertain origin; yet, probably related to Old Norse stútr (“young bull, steer”) (whence Danish stud (“a castrated bull, steer”), Swedish stut (“a steer”)). Compare also English stoat. ==== Noun ==== stot (plural stots) (obsolete) An inferior horse. An ox or bull. (regional) A heifer. === Etymology 2 === Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan; as well, modern English stutter. ==== Alternative forms ==== stott ==== Noun ==== stot (plural stots) (Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound. (zoology, of quadrupeds) A leap using all four legs at once. ==== Verb ==== stot (third-person singular simple present stots, present participle stotting or stottin, simple past and past participle stotted) (intransitive, Scotland and Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet. (transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet. (transitive, Scotland and Northern England) To stumble. (intransitive, zoology, of quadrupeds) To leap using all four legs at once. Synonym: pronk (obsolete) To strike, push, shove. [–16th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== stotter stottie === See also === stote, stoat === Further reading === stotting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Frank Graham, editor (1987), “STOT”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN. Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “stot”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN. “stot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4 John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “stot”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. Middle English Dictionary Entry for "steten" “stot”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “obtund”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Den Danske Ordbog - støde === Anagrams === Otts, tots, tost, TOTs, TSTO, TTOs == Scots == === Alternative forms === stotte === Etymology === Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten. Also compare Old Norse stauta. Related to Dutch stoten (“to push; to bump”), German stoßen (“to push; to bump; to jolt; to kick; to thrust”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɔt/ === Verb === stot (third-person singular simple present stots, present participle stottin, simple past and past participle stottit) To bounce, rebound, ricochet. === Noun === stot (plural stots) A bounce, rebound. === References === “stot”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.