"cancelbot" meaning in English

See cancelbot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkæn.səlˌbɒt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkæn.səlˌbɔt/ [General-American], /ˈkæn.səlˌbɑt/ [General-American, cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-uk-cancelbot.ogg [UK] Forms: cancelbots [plural]
Rhymes: -ænsəlbɒt Etymology: Etymology tree English cancel Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English cancelbot From cancel + -bot. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cancel|-bot|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cancel Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot English -bot English cancelbot [Appendix:Glossary#clipping|Clipping]] of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Q11012", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "Q11012", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "serfdom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "work", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Old Czech", "term" : "robota", "lang" : "zlw-ocs" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Czech", "term" : "robota", "gloss" : "drudgery, servitude", "lang" : "cs" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Czech", "term" : "robot", "lang" : "cs" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "robot", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "clipping" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "bot", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-bot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cancelbot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cancelbot"> From cancel + -bot. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cancelbot (plural cancelbots)
  1. (Usenet) A bot that sends messages to newsgroups to remove certain postings, especially spam. Tags: Internet Related terms: cancelbomb, spambot

Inflected forms

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