Mot

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  • noun. A witty or incisive remark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A note on the bugle, hunting-horn, or the like; also, a note in the musical notation for such instruments.
  • noun. A word; a motto.
  • noun. (F. pron. mō). A saying, especially a brief and forcible or witty saying; a bon-mot.
  • noun. An obsolete or dialectal form of moat.
  • noun. A mark for players at quoits.
  • noun. A small grove or clump of timber on a prairie, sometimes likened to an ‘island.’
  • noun. An ancient mechanical device used in India and other countries of the Orient for lifting water by animal power. It consists of a bucket or water-tight bag, raised by means of a rope fastened over a pulley, two bullocks or other animals being attached to the end of the rope.
  • noun. An obsolete form of mote.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A word; hence, a motto; a device.
  • noun. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.
  • noun. A note or brief strain on a bugle.
  • verb. May; must; might.
  • verb. so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.
  • noun. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
  • noun. A word or a motto; a device.
  • noun. A note or brief strain on a bugle.
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  • noun. a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
  • noun. a clever remark
  • Word Usage
    "I was reading it just as my almost 5 year old angel of a daughter shouted out a gros mot from the kitchen."
    Form
    moot  moote  moste  mote  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    humor  humour  run  test  trial  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adage  ana  analects  aphorism  apothegm