'MOT' definitions:
Definition of 'mot'
(from WordNet)
noun
A clever remark [syn: bon mot, mot]
noun
A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes [syn: MOT, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test]
Definition of 'Mot'
From: GCIDE
- Mot \Mot\ (m[o^]t; m[-o], def. 2), n. [F. See Motto.]
- 1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster]
- Here and there turns up a . . . savage mot. --N. Brit. Rev. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A note or brief strain on a bugle. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mot'
From: GCIDE
- Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
- He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mot'
From: GCIDE
- Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
- He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mot'
From: GCIDE
- Mot \Mot\ (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (m[=o]t), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] [See Must, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster]
- He moot as well say one word as another --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- So mote it be, so be it; amen; -- a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mot'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- conceit,
- crack,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- epigram,
- expression,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gibe,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- happy thought,
- maxim,
- moral,
- motto,
- nasty crack,
- oracle,
- persiflage,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- repartee,
- retort,
- riposte,
- sally,
- saw,
- saying,
- scintillation,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- stock saying,
- stroke of wit,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- turn of thought,
- verse,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- wisecrack,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom
Acronyms for 'mot'
From: V.E.R.A.
- Means of Test