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MOT
MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test
(noun) a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
mot (plural mots)
A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
(obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
(obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
Etymology 2
Noun
mot (plural mots)
(UK, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
(UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
(UK, Ireland, slang) A landlady.
Anagrams
• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom
Noun
MOT (plural MOTs)
(British) Ministry of Transport test; an annual test of roadworthiness for British cars over three years old.
(business) management of technology.
(electronics) microwave oven transformer
A member of the tribe; i.e. a Jew
Anagrams
• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom
Etymology
Proper noun
Mot
The ancient Canaanite god of death and the underworld.
Anagrams
• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom
Source: Wiktionary
Mot, v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (, pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] Etym: [See Must, v.] [Obs.]
Definition: May; must; might. He moot as well say one word as another Chaucer. The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. Chaucer. Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. Chaucer. So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
Mot, n. Etym: [F. See Motto.]
1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar. Shak.
2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] Here and there turns up a ... savage mot. N. Brit. Rev.
3. A note or brief strain on a bugle. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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