stot

stot
/stot/, n., v., stotted, stotting.
n.
1. a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used esp. when running in alarm from a predator.
v.i.
2. to run with such a gait.
[special use of Scots, N England dial. stot bound, go by leaps, bounce; perh. akin to ME stuten to STUTTER]

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