Bot

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  • noun. A software program that imitates the behavior of a human, as in participating in chatroom or IRC discussions.
  • noun. A software program, such as a spider, that performs automated tasks on the Internet.
  • noun. The parasitic larva of a botfly.
  • noun. A disease of mammals, especially cattle and horses, caused by infestation of the stomach or intestines with botfly larvae.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The Anglo-Saxon form (bōt) of boot, a fine, etc.: only in historical use.
  • noun. A dialectal form of bat in various senses. Also spelled bott.
  • noun. In founding, a clay plug used to close a hole against molten iron.
  • A Middle English form of but.
  • noun. A name given to the larva or maggot of several species of gadfly when found in the intestines of horses, under the hides of oxen, in the nostrils of sheep, etc.
  • noun. An obsolete preterit of bite.
  • noun. The English Board of Trade unit of electrical supply.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See bots.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The larva of a bot fly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
  • verb. To bugger
  • verb. To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting that thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
  • noun. A physical robot.
  • noun. A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
  • noun. A computer controlled character in a multiplayer video game, such as a first-person shooter.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
  • Word Usage
    "We thought this sounded a little scarier than it really is, and that a little more detail might help. bot is short for robot."
    cross-reference
    Form
    -bot  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    larva  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pairt  sumo  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bum  
    variant
    bots