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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