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bot

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Noun

  1. The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
  2. The bottom or backside.
  3. A physical robot.
  4. A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
  5. A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
  6. A supremely unskilled player.
  7. A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
  8. Initialism of beginning of tape.
  9. Initialism of Build–operate–transfer.
  10. Abbreviation of Bǽh-oe-tu.

Verb

  1. To bugger.
  2. To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
  3. To use a bot, or automated program.

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