MOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does MOT mean? 

• MOT (noun)
  The noun MOT has 2 senses:

1. a clever remark

2. a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

  Familiarity information: MOT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clever remark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bon mot; mot

Hypernyms ("mot" is a kind of...):

humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)

Domain region:

France; French Republic (a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Ministry of Transportation test; MOT; MOT test

Hypernyms ("MOT" is a kind of...):

run; test; trial (the act of testing something)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)