botter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒtə/
• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

bot +‎ -er

Noun

botter (plural botters)

1. (Internet) One who operates a bot (automated software process).
   • 2008, New Scientist, volume 200, numbers 2682-2688, page 28:

     It is estimated by industry and leading botters that only around 1 in 10 players using bots make a profit, mainly in low-stakes games.

See also

• botherder
• botmaster

Etymology 2

From bottom (“backside”).

Noun

botter (plural botters)

1. (slang, childish) A homosexual man.
   • 2009, Mark Ritchie, Living By The Sword, page 189:

     They told us about anal sex, but it was something that gay men did. And when you're twelve, gay men are botters, benders, shirt lifters and arse bandits.

References

• Tony Thorne (2014) “botter”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  : Bloomsbury

Anagrams

• bettor

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• boter

Etymology

From a dialectal variant of Dutch boter, from Middle Dutch bōter, from Old Dutch *butera, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτυρον (boúturon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tər/

Noun

botter (plural botters, diminutive bottertjie)

1. (uncountable) butter; a soft, fatty foodstuff made from the cream of milk
2. butter type

   Ons het 'n klomp gegeurde botters beskikbaar.

   We have a lot of flavoured butter /butters available.

3. (chemistry, dated) butter; any specific soft substance

Derived terms

• bebotter
• kookbotter
• plaasbotter

Verb

botter (present botter, present participle botterende, past participle gebotter)

1. to butter; to spread butter

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.tər/

• Audio

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

botter

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Perhaps an action noun from bot (“flounder”) +‎ -er after a type of fish fished for with the vessel, or from bot (“blunt”) from the characteristic shape of its bow.

Noun

botter m (plural botters, diminutive bottertje n)

1. a type of Dutch fishing vessel with a characteristic hull

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

botter

1. comparative degree of bot

French

Etymology

From botte (“boot”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.te/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

botter

1. to kick
2. (slang) to please, to like

   Synonym: plaire

   Ça te botterait d’aller au ciné?

   Would you like to go the cinema?

Usage notes

In the sense please it functions syntactically like plaire, viz. it takes an indirect object and may be translated into English as like, exchanging the subject and object.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• botter en touche
• botter le cul
• botter les fesses

Further reading

• “botter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Norman

Etymology

botte (“boot”) +‎ -er

Verb

botter

1. (Jersey) to boot