"wot" meaning in English

See wot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /wɔt/ [General-Australian], /wɒt/ [UK], /wɑt/ [General-American]
enPR: wŏt [General-American], wät [General-American] Rhymes: -ɒt Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} wot (not comparable)
  1. (Singlish) Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption) Tags: Singlish, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: what (extra: used to contradict an assumption)
    Sense id: en-wot-en-adv-wDbEgJHX Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, Singlish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Interjection

IPA: /wɔt/ [General-Australian], /wɒt/ [UK], /wɑt/ [General-American]
enPR: wŏt [General-American], wät [General-American] Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: Representing pronunciation. Head templates: {{en-interj}} wot
  1. Eye dialect spelling of what. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: what
    Sense id: en-wot-en-intj-MmLP~8GP Categories (other): English eye dialect
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

IPA: /wɔt/ [General-Australian], /wɒt/ [UK], /wɑt/ [General-American]
enPR: wŏt [General-American], wät [General-American] Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: Representing pronunciation. Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} wot, {{en-pron}} wot
  1. Eye dialect spelling of what. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: what Coordinate_terms: woat, wut
    Sense id: en-wot-en-pron-MmLP~8GP Categories (other): English eye dialect
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /wɔt/ [General-Australian], /wɒt/ [UK], /wɑt/ [General-American] Forms: wots [present, singular, third-person], wotting [participle, present], wotted [participle, past], wotted [past]
enPR: wŏt [General-American], wät [General-American] Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: From Middle English woten, from Old English weotan. An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|woten}} Middle English woten, {{inh|en|ang|witan|weotan}} Old English weotan, {{m|en|wit}} wit Head templates: {{en-verb}} wot (third-person singular simple present wots, present participle wotting, simple past and past participle wotted)
  1. (archaic) To know (in the sense of knowing a fact). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-wot-en-verb-BgqiEKB0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /wɔt/ [General-Australian], /wɒt/ [UK], /wɑt/ [General-American]
enPR: wŏt [General-American], wät [General-American] Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: From wit, in return from Old English witan. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wit}} wit, {{der|en|ang|witan}} Old English witan Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wot
  1. first-person singular present indicative of wit Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular Form of: wit
    Sense id: en-wot-en-verb-FuUDFVaE
  2. third-person singular simple present indicative of wit Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: wit
    Sense id: en-wot-en-verb-zuFLYFRb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Wot, no bananas? ― (popular slogan during wartime rationing)",
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        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/wɑt/",
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        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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        "16": "",
        "17": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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          "ref": "1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13",
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        }
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        "Eye dialect spelling of what."
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɑt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "homophone": "what (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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        "General-American"
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        "English links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Singlish"
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        "General-Australian"
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        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/wɑt/",
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        "General-American"
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      "homophone": "watt"
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      "homophone": "what (in accents with the wine-whine merger)"
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      "enpr": "wŏt",
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        "General-American"
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