stot
stot · stots · stotted · stotting
To bounce, rebound or ricochetTo bounce, rebound or ricochet.
UK/stɒt/US/stɑt/
Meaning
5 senses(Northern England, Scotland, intransitive)To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(Northern England, Scotland, transitive)To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(Northern England, Scotland, transitive)To stumble.
(intransitive)To leap using all four legs at once.
(obsolete)To strike, push, shove.
Origin
Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from OldLikely 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”).
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Forms
stots, stotting, stotted, stottedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle