Mot
[mәu]
Definition
(noun.) a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes.
Typist: Trevor--From WordNet
Definition
(Sing. pres. ind.) of Mot
(pl.) of Mot
(v.) May; must; might.
(n.) A word; hence, a motto; a device.
(n.) A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.
(n.) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
Checker: Olivier
Definition
n. a note on the bugle &c. or its mark in musical notation.
n. a pithy or witty saying.—Mot d'ordre word of command.
Editor: Vicky
Examples
- You need not hurry when the object is only to prevent my saying a _bon_ _mot_, for there is not the least wit in my nature. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Yorke, ce mot, ami, m'irrite trop; ne m'en parlez plus. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Three mots on this bugle will, I am assured, bring round, at our need, a jolly band of yonder honest yeomen. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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