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- [moh]
- /moʊ/
- /məʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [moh]
- /moʊ/
Definitions of mot word
- noun mot a pithy or witty remark; bon mot. 1
- noun mot Archaic. a note on a horn, bugle, etc. 1
- noun mot A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot. 1
- countable noun mot In Britain, an MOT is a test which, by law, must be made each year on all road vehicles that are more than 3 years old, in order to check that they are safe to drive. 0
- noun mot a girl or young woman, esp one's girlfriend 0
- abbreviation MOT (in New Zealand and formerly in Britain) Ministry of Transport (in Britain now part of the DTLR) 0
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Origin of mot
First appearance:
before 1625 One of the 42% oldest English words
1625-35; < French < Late Latin muttum utterance. See motto
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Parts of speech for Mot
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mot
noun mot
- gibe — to shift from one side to the other when running before the wind, as a fore-and-aft sail or its boom.
- wisecrack — a smart or facetious remark.
- pun — the humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning; a play on words.
- quip — a clever or witty remark or comment.
- joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
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