Meaning

7 senses
  1. The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.

    личи́нка о́водаličínka óvoda

    botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human

  2. (UK, slang)The bottom or backside.

  3. (informal)A physical robot.

  4. A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.

    Bot

    ботbot, ро́ботróbot

    ботbot, ро́ботróbot

  5. A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.

  6. (derogatory, slang)A supremely unskilled player.

  7. (Internet, derogatory, often)A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. I'm not a bot.

    Я не бот.

    ruЯ не бот.

    deIch bin kein Bot.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Spamster · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. How did the bot get here?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Ergulis · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  3. Are most people on the Internet bots?

    CC BY · Tatoeba · rul · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. My sentences are heavily disliked by your bots.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Amastan · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  5. I'm a bot, and this action was performed automatically.

    deIch bin ein Bot, und diese Maßnahme ist automatisch erfolgt.

    CC BY · Tatoeba · Waldelfe · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks:
Русский
By meaning 2
larva of a botfly:
a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks:

Origin

Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word alrea

Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word already existed in Middle English, so the reverse direction of borrowing is likely. Possibly from Middle Low German [Term?].

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