moot

/muหt/

IPA: /M UW1 T/

noun
  1. 1

    A moot court.

  2. 2

    A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.

  3. 3

    A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.

  4. 4

    A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.

  5. 5

    An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).

  6. 6

    A ring for gauging wooden pins.

adjective
  1. 1

    Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

    โ€œ1903, Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Dayโ€

  2. 2

    Being an exercise of thought; academic.

  3. 3

    Having no practical impact or relevance.

    โ€œThat point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.

    โ€œHaven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs. They are going to shit-can the lot of us.โ€

  2. 2

    (rural) Talk.

    โ€œNo, there's no moot of it on the streets.โ€

verb
  1. 1

    To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

  2. 2

    To discuss or debate.

  3. 3

    To make or declare irrelevant.

  4. 4

    To argue or plead in a supposed case.

  5. 5

    To talk or speak.

    โ€œ'Tis no boot to moot again of it.โ€

  6. 6

    To say, utter, also insinuate.

    โ€œHe could not moot the words.โ€

noun
  1. 1

    Vagina.

noun
  1. 1

    The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

verb
  1. 1

    To take root and begin to grow.

  2. 2

    To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moot