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Mot Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mot? [n] (United Kingdom) a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes [n] a clever remark Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mot: bon mot \| Ministry of Transportation test \| MOT test Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mot: 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 See Also \| humor \| humour \| run \| test \| trial \| wit \| witticism \| wittiness Mot In Webster's Dictionary \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. 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\ (m[o^]t; m[-o], def. 2), n. [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.

Mot Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mot?

[n] (United Kingdom) a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes
[n] a clever remark

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mot: bon mot | Ministry of Transportation test | MOT test

Mot In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

      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\ (m[o^]t; m[-o], def. 2), n. [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.

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