blot
verb/blɒt/
/blɑːt/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they blot | /blɒt/ /blɑːt/ |
| he / she / it blots | /blɒts/ /blɑːts/ |
| past simple blotted | /ˈblɒtɪd/ /ˈblɑːtɪd/ |
| past participle blotted | /ˈblɒtɪd/ /ˈblɑːtɪd/ |
| -ing form blotting | /ˈblɒtɪŋ/ /ˈblɑːtɪŋ/ |
- blot something (up) to remove liquid from a surface by pressing soft paper or cloth on it
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- blot something to make a spot or spots of ink (= coloured liquid in a pen) fall on paper
Word Originlate Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse blettr.
Idioms
See blot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryblot your copybook
- (old-fashioned, informal) to do something to damage the opinion that other people have of you
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