spambot

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UK/ˈspæm.bɒt/US/ˈspæm.bɔt/US, cot caught merger/ˈspæm.bɑt/

noun

A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet, particularly originally mass junk email.

OriginEnglish bot ← Czech robot ← Old Czech robota →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

nounspambot (plural spambots)

plural spambots

  1. A bot that sends any type of spam content on the Internet, particularly originally mass junk email.

Origin

  1. Englishspam
  2. Old Czechrobota
  3. Czechrobota
  4. Czechrobot
  5. Englishrobotclip.
  6. Englishbot
  7. Englishspambot

From spam + -bot.

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Cite this entry
APA

spambot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spambot

MLA

“spambot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spambot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spambot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spambot.

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