BLOTTO

besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet

(adjective) very drunk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

blotto (comparative more blotto, superlative most blotto)

(informal) (Very) drunk or intoxicated. [from early 20th c.]

Synonym: Thesaurus:drunk

Noun

blotto (plural blottos or blottoes)

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

(art) An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.

Verb

blotto (third-person singular simple present blottoes or blottos, present participle blottoing, simple past and past participle blottoed)

(intransitive, informal) To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.

(intransitive, informal) To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.

Etymology 2

Noun

blotto (uncountable)

(biochemistry) 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).

Etymology 3

Noun

blotto (plural blottos)

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

Anagrams

• bottlo, tolbot

Noun

Blotto (uncountable)

Alternative letter-case form of blotto (“reagent used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques”).

Anagrams

• bottlo, tolbot

Source: Wiktionary



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