Meaning

4 senses

  1. (informal)A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.

  2. An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.

  3. (uncountable)A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

  4. (obsolete)On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out

From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out.

Acronym of bovine lacto transfer technique optimizer.

Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?].

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Forms

plural: blottos / blottoes

Word family

1 related words
Relatedinkblot

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blotblotchblouseblowA1

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