different between botty vs dotty

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?b?ti/

Etymology 1

Clipping of bottom +? -y.

Noun

botty (plural botties)

1. (childish, slang) bottom

Synonyms

• ass
• bum
• butt
• See also Thesaurus:buttocks

Etymology 2

bot +? -y

Noun

botty (plural botties)

1. (informal, rare, computing) A term of address for a bot (automated software process).

   Bye bye, botty.

Adjective

botty (comparative more botty, superlative most botty)

1. (informal, rare, computing) Resembling a bot (automated software process); botlike.

   That email seemed pretty botty; it probably shouldn't be trusted.

Etymology 3

Compare boot, booting for shoot, shooting

Noun

botty (plural botties)

1. (MLE, slang) Alternative form of shotty, alternative form of dotty (“shotgun”).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?ti/

• Rhymes: -?ti

Etymology 1

See dote, or compare totty (“unsteady, dizzy”).

Adjective

dotty (comparative dottier, superlative dottiest)

1. (Britain, colloquial) Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.

   My nan has got dottier and dottier since passing the age of eighty.

2. (Britain, dated) Having an unsteady gait.

Translations

Derived terms

• dottily
• dottiness

Etymology 2

dot +? -y

Adjective

dotty (comparative dottier, superlative dottiest)

1. Having many dots.

   Look at the dotty pattern on that cheetah's fur.

Translations

Noun

dotty (plural dotties)

1. (MLE) A shotgun.