dotty

Formsdottier, dottiest

Pluraldotties

1. 1
   adjectivecolloquialAustraliaBritish

   A little crazy or strange, in a harmless and often funny way.

   Like an old clock that still ticks but tells the wrong time.

   My great-aunt has gone a bit dotty, but she's still very sweet.

   He tells dotty stories that never quite make sense.

   Similarbatty, eccentric, potty, nutty, scatty

   Oppositesane, lucid

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2. 2
   adjective

   Covered with many small dots or spots.

   Like a ladybug's back, covered in little round spots.

   She wore a dotty scarf in red and white.

   The wallpaper had a dotty pattern that the kids loved.

   Similarspotted, spotty, speckled

   Oppositeplain

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3. 3
   adjectivedatedUK

   Not steady on your feet, walking in a shaky, wobbly way.

   Like a baby taking its first wobbly steps.

   After the long illness he was dotty on his legs for weeks.

   The old sailor walked in a dotty, lurching way across the deck.

   Similarunsteady, shaky, wobbly, tottery, doddery

   Oppositesteady, firm

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4. 4
   noundialectalMulticultural London Englishcountable

   A long gun that fires many small metal pellets at once.

   Like a hose set to spray instead of a single stream.

   He grabbed his dotty and headed out to hunt rabbits.

   The farmer kept a dotty by the back door for crows.

   Similarshotgun

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