zot

present singular third person zots · participle present zotting · participle past zotted · past zotted

1. slangtransitiveTo zap, kill, or destroy.

   I reached for the handle and it zotted me — an electric shock to the elbow.

   1980, Kit Reed, Magic time

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   I've heard rumors about the oracle zotting people and I have these questions about zot?

   1997, Matt Lepinski, “Zotting”, in rec.humor.oracle.d (Usenet)

   When a taxi driver, convenience store clerk, pizza deliverer, etc., gets zotted, it is on the back page of the local newspaper and not in out of town newspapers at all.

   1997, Terry Moore, “COPS PUT LIVES ON LINE?”, in austin.general (Usenet)

   electric fence - zotting me was fine (well really!) but they were worried about zotting the several dozen human puppies that hang around at our house.

   1998, RosieDawg, “watergardening and dogs and Rosie's new toy, OT-ish”, in rec.ponds (Usenet)

plural zots

1. USslangAn anteater.

1. USThe characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

plural zots

1. South AfricaZimbabwederogatoryethnicoffensiveslurA black person.

   The zots will destroy the barns, the homesteads, the tractors, everything - reducing them to their component parts without the aid of explosives.

   2002 July 5, Alistair, “Re: Tobacco barn and other assets- disassembly instructions”, in soc.culture.zimbabwe (Usenet)

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   Regretfully there is nothing that can be done about things .. just a time bomb ticking, ticking, ticking .. until one day soon, the zots will decide to take a property here, and a property there (they have after all started with vacant land and been successful), so why not progress to property?

   2000 April 9, Squirrel, “SA Silence on Mugabe's actions”, in soc.culture.south-africa (Usenet)

   (SA) ¶ The government has TACITLY condoned the actions of the zots by allowing them to continue their illegal occupation. (Zimbabwe) ¶ The government condoned the illegal activities and progressed to the point where they were actively supporting it.

   2000 October 29, Nude Raider, “Here are the facts...”, in soc.culture.south-africa (Usenet)

   Synonyms: BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color

1. abbreviationacronymuncountablebiochemistryAcronym of zonula occludens toxin, a secretion of Vibrio cholerae.