Definitions

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  • verb slang To zap, kill, or destroy.
  • noun US, slang an anteater.
  • interjection US The characteristic sound made by an anteater.

Etymologies

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Sound effect associated with an anteater character in the comic strip BC.

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A sound effect. Popularized by the Usenet Oracle, a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.

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Examples

  • While the zot is a highly variable sort of unit, its relationship to overall development costs and resources is actually quite specific.

    Dwell On It 2010

  • In short, the zot is a unit of accomplishment, not merely one of time.

    Dwell On It 2010

  • While known under a variety of different names in different businesses and industries over the last decade, the 'zot' is an increasingly popular business and workpower metric, particularly in software development.

    Dwell On It 2010

  • Of this promise - that when you give charity, G‑d will repay you many times over - G‑d says: ubichanuni na b'zot "-" test me in this ".

    Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Korach 5769 - June 26, 2009 ] 2009

  • I shut the door on the zot and screech and roar of supercriminals having their way with their oppressors and sit down on a corner of the bed.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • I shut the door on the zot and screech and roar of supercriminals having their way with their oppressors and sit down on a corner of the bed.

    Masked Lou Anders 2010

  • (If you ever have the time and opportunity, listen to comedian Marga Gomez's routine "The Lost Diary," in which she imagines finding on the bus a volume of Anais Nin's diary that details Nin's erotic adventures in Disneyland: "I zot I zaw Meenee shoot me aah loook.")

    Archive 2006-10-01 Roger Sutton 2006

  • Ani bead she taasi kessef, zot haahava shelach aval ze gam parnassa.

    Boutique Exclusives Ayala Sender 2008

  • (If you ever have the time and opportunity, listen to comedian Marga Gomez's routine "The Lost Diary," in which she imagines finding on the bus a volume of Anais Nin's diary that details Nin's erotic adventures in Disneyland: "I zot I zaw Meenee shoot me aah loook.")

    Okay, how many? Roger Sutton 2006

  • See also e.g. the Kol bo, siman 20, s.v.”Ve-zot ha-teshuvah.”

    Lo B’Shamayim Hi | Jewschool 2007

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  • To strike or destroy, especially with lightning or other beam or jolt of energy; in slang usage on the Internet, to remove, censor, or ban material or participants. (From Double-Tongued Dictionay)

    June 9, 2008

  • A square piece of cloth used as head covering in Guatemala. (via NPR's Says You)

    January 29, 2011