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
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.
mot (plural mots)
(UK, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
(UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
(UK, Ireland, slang) A landlady.
• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom
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
• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom
Mot
The ancient Canaanite god of death and the underworld.
• 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
17 January 2025
(verb) conform one’s action or practice to; “keep appointments”; “she never keeps her promises”; “We kept to the original conditions of the contract”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
