moot
/muหt/IPA: /M UW1 T/
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A moot court.
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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.
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A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
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A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
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An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
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A ring for gauging wooden pins.
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Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
โ1903, Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Dayโ
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Being an exercise of thought; academic.
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Having no practical impact or relevance.
โThat point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.โ
Synonyms
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A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
โHaven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs. They are going to shit-can the lot of us.โ
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(rural) Talk.
โNo, there's no moot of it on the streets.โ
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To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
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To discuss or debate.
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To make or declare irrelevant.
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To argue or plead in a supposed case.
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To talk or speak.
โ'Tis no boot to moot again of it.โ
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To say, utter, also insinuate.
โHe could not moot the words.โ
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Vagina.
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The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
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To take root and begin to grow.
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To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.
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