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noun
The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
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c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 1, line 2.1.9
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c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 1, line 2.1.9: Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots.
Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots.
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noun
1946, Canadian Journal of Research: Zoological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, page 76
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1946, Canadian Journal of Research: Zoological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, page 76: One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots, suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.
One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots, suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.
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noun
1984, Adrian Forsyth, Kenneth Miyata, Tropical Nature, page 157
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1984, Adrian Forsyth, Kenneth Miyata, Tropical Nature, page 157: Jerry prepared a glass jar with sterilized sand to act as a nursery for his pulsating bot, but despite his tender ministrations the larva dried out and died before it could encase itself in a pupal sheath.
Jerry prepared a glass jar with sterilized sand to act as a nursery for his pulsating bot, but despite his tender ministrations the larva dried out and died before it could encase itself in a pupal sheath.
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noun
The bottom or backside.
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Usage: UK, slang
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noun
A physical robot.
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Usage: informal
Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
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noun
A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
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Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: NPC, AI
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noun
A supremely unskilled player.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
Topics: video-games
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noun
A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, often
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Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie, chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dimwit, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumbass, dumbbell, dumbo, dumb fuck, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, half-baked, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps, numpty, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, schmo, schmuck, smooth brain, snapperhead, softhead, sohai, sot, stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, tubelight, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy, assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot, assfuck, assfucker, asshead, assmonkey, assmouth, assmunch, assmuncher, asstard, asswagon, assweed, asswipe, bag of dicks, ball sack, ballsucker, barf bag, bastard, bitchcunt, bitchface, bitchfuck, bitchwhore, blackguard, buttface, butthead, buttmunch, buttmuncher, choad, chunderhead, chunk-blower, cockatrice, cockbag, cockbreath, cockface, cockfag, cockfuck, cockfucker, cock gobbler, cockhead, cock-knocker, cockmonger, cockmunch, cockmuncher, cocksack, cockshit, cocksuck, cocksucker, cockwad, cockwaffle, cockweasel, cockwipe, crapface, craphead, cullion, cumbucket, cum guzzler, cumrag, cumstain, cunt, cuntard, cuntass, cuntbag, cuntbiscuit, cuntbitch, cuntbreath, cuntbucket, cuntface, cuntfuck, cuntfucker, cunthead, cuntlapper, cuntlicker, cuntmuffin, cunt muncher, cuntrag, cuntshit, cuntstain, cuntsucker, cuntwad, cuntwaffle, cuntweasel, cuntweed, cuntwhacker, cuntwipe, dick, dickass, dickbag, dickbiscuit, dickbreath, dickbucket, dickface, dickfuck, dickfucker, dickhead, dicklicker, dick munch, dick muncher, dicknose, dicknut, dicksack, dickshit, dickslap, dicksneeze, dickstain, dickster, dicksucker, dicktard, dickwad, dickweasel, dickweed, dickwipe, dillweed, dipfuck, dirtbag, dirthead, dirtwad, douche, douchebag, douche boat, doucheburger, douchecanoe, douchelord, douche nozzle, douchewad, douchewagon, fag, faggot, faggotface, fuck, fuckass, fuckbag, fuckball, fuckbucket, fuckchop, fucker, fuckface, fuckhead, fucklord, fuckmitten, fuckmuffin, fucknose, fucknozzle, fuckoid, fuckrod, fuckshit, fuckstain, fuckster, fuckstick, fuckskull, fucktrumpet, fuckwaffle, fuckweed, fuckweasel, fucktard, git, hosebag, jackass, jackoff, jagoff, jagweed, jerkball, jerko, jerkwad, jerkweed, jitbag, jizzbag, knob-gobbler, knob polisher, lowlife, meanie, nark, nutsack, paddock, penishead, piece of crap, piece of garbage, piece of junk, piece of shit, piece of trash, piece of work, pile of crap, pile of shit, pig, pissbag, pissface, pisshead, pisspot, prick, prickface, prickhead, prickwad, pukeball, pukestain, pusbag, pushead, pussybreath, sack of shit, scoundrel, scum, scumbag, scumbreath, scumbug, scumbutt, scumface, scumfuck, scumhead, scumhole, scumlord, scunge, scuzz, scuzzball, scuzzbucket, scuzzoid, shitass, shitball, shitbag, shitbeast, shitbird, shitbiscuit, shitbreath, shitbucket, shitcock, shitcunt, shitdick, shiteater, shitface, shitfuck, shitfucker, shitgibbon, shitgoblin, shitguzzler, shitheap, shitheel, shithook, shitlicker, shitlord, shitmuncher, shitneck, shitnugget, shitnuts, shitpiss, shitpot, shitrag, shitsack, shitstain, shitwad, shitwaffle, shitweasel, shitweed, sleaze, sleazeball, sleazebag, sleazebucket, sleazehole, sleazewad, slimebucket, slimeface, slimehole, slimewad, snotbag, snotball, snotface, snothead, snotrag, snotwad, sourhead, squib, swine, thundercunt, turdbreath, turdface, turdhead, undesirable, vonce, wanker, wankface, wankfart, wankhead, wankpuffin, wankstain, weasel, wet wipe
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noun
Initialism of beginning of tape.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: broadcasting, media
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Initialism of Build–operate–transfer.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Abbreviation of Bǽh-oe-tu.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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verb
To bugger.
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Usage: UK, slang
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verb
To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, informal
Synonyms: bum
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verb
To use a bot, or automated program.
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Topics: video-games
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noun
botfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: larva
History
Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word already existed in Middle English, so the reverse direction of borrowing is likely. Possibly from Middle Low German [Term?].
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dhewbh-? Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn Proto-Indo-European *bhudhmḗn Proto-Germanic *butmaz Proto-West Germanic *botm Old English botm Middle English botme English bottomclip. English bot From bottom.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h3erbh- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h3órbhos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh2 Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot Clipping of robot.
Across languages
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
