stot

Meaning

Noun

1. A bounce or rebound.
2. A leap using all four legs at once.

Verb

1. To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
2. To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
3. To stumble.
4. To leap using all four legs at once.
5. (obsolete) To strike, push, shove.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɒt/

Etymology

Likely derived from Middle Dutch stoten (“to push”) or Middle Low German stôten, from Old Saxon stōtan, from Proto-West Germanic *stautan, from Proto-Germanic *stautaną (“to push, jolt, bump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Also compare Middle English steten (“to thrust, strike, push, knock down”), Old Norse stauta and steyta (whence Danish støde), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (stautan), Old Saxon stotan.