dot
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Is dot a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.Synonyms: full stop, period, point
2. (mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.Synonyms: decimal point
3. (obsolete) A lump or clot.Synonyms: blobobsolete
4. (cricket, informal) A dot ball.Examples: "That left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune."informal
5. (MLE) buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgunExamples: "Can’t miss no dots Every shot let caused I’m hittin Used to bag it up in the toilet My mumsie thought I was shittin"Synonyms: shottyMulticultural-London-English
6. (MLE) Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).Examples: "We got rambos, glocks and dots, It takes two armed jakes to sum off the block"Synonyms: bruckback, broom, scattergun, shottyMulticultural-London-Englishabbreviationalt-ofclipping
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).Examples: "His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint."; "Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested."; "Yang Shuo county, in the middle of the Guangxi Autonomous Region, is an area dotted by hundreds of little villages, all looking much alike."transitive
2. (transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.Examples: "Dot your is and cross your ts."transitive
3. (colloquial) To punch (a person).Examples: "`Which means,' said John, `that someone dotted him a good one, shoved him into the bathtub, ran the water, then opened his mouth and poured champagne into it until he drowned.'"colloquial
noun (English)
1. (US, Louisiana) A dowry.Examples: ""Have you the pictures still?" I asked. "Yes; I am keeping them till my daughter is of marriageable age, and then I shall sell them. They will be her dot.""; "As a bride, Madame de Talleyrand had brought a small dot of fifteen thousand francs to the family fund."LouisianaUS
name (English)
1. (US) Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.Examples: "Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said."USabbreviationalt-ofinitialism
2. (Philippines) Initialism of Department of Tourism.Philippinesabbreviationalt-ofinitialism
noun (English)
1. (video games) Initialism of damage over time.Antonyms: HOTabbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialismuncountable
2. (by extension, video games) A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.broadlycountableuncountable
noun (English)
1. (video games) Alternative spelling of DOT.alt-ofalternative
Definition source: Wiktionary