Stot vs Why - What's the difference?
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(Scotland, Northern England) A bounce or rebound
*1955 , (Robin Jenkins), The Cone-Gatherers , Canongate 2012, p. 148:
*:Instead of dropping the golden cones safely into his bag he let them dribble out of his hands so that, in the expectancy before the violence of the storm, the tiny stots from one transfigured branch to another could be clearly heard.
(zoology, of quadrupeds) A leap using all four legs at once.
(intransitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To bounce, rebound or ricochet.
*1996 , (Alasdair Gray), ‘Lack of Money’, Canongate 2012 (Every Short Story 1951-2012 ), p. 285:
*:‘I've plenty of money in my bank – and I have my cheque book here – could one of you cash a cheque for five pounds? – I promise it won't stot .’
(transitive, Scotland, and, Northern England) To make bounce, rebound or ricochet.
(intransitive, zoology, of quadrupeds) To leap using all four legs at once.
For what cause, reason, or purpose.
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An exclamation used to express indignation, mild surprise, or impatience. "Well, I'll tell you...".
* Daniel Defoe
(UK, dialect) A young heifer.
As nouns the difference between stot and why
is that stot is household while why is reason or why can be (uk|dialect) a young heifer.As an adverb why is
for what cause, reason, or purpose.As an interjection why is
an exclamation used to express indignation, mild surprise, or impatience "well, i'll tell you".stot
English
(wikipedia stot)Etymology 1
From (etyl) stot, . Confer (stoat).Etymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) compare Old Norse stauta.Alternative forms
* stottNoun
(en noun)Verb
Synonyms
* (zoology) pronkDerived terms
* stotterReferences
* * * * * OED 2nd edition 1989Anagrams
* * ----why
English
(wikipedia why)Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).Adverb
(-)- Why is the sky blue?
- Why did you do that?
- I don’t know why he did that
- Tell me why the moon changes phase.
- Why spend money on something you already get for free?
- Why not tell him how you feel?
- Why''' him? '''Why not someone taller?
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Synonyms
* how come, whereforeNoun
(en noun)- A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how .
Synonyms
* whereforeInterjection
(en interjection)- “Why , child, I tell thee if I was thy mother I would not disown thee; don't you see I am as kind to you as if I was your mother?”
Derived terms
* whyever * why in God's name * why not * why on Earth * whys and wherefores * why the Devil * why the dickens * why the fuckEtymology 2
Noun
(whies)- (Grose)