English Explanatory Dictionary

blotto

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
noun
  1. A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.
  2. An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.
verb
  1. To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.
  2. To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.
noun
  1. A reagent made from non-fat dry milk, phosphate buffered saline, and sodium azide, which is used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques such as blots and the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
noun
  1. On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of blotto (“reagent used to block protein binding sites for laboratory techniques”).

Pronunciation

/ˈblɒtəʊ/ /ˈblɑtoʊ/ /-ɾoʊ/ en-au-blotto.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blotto2.wav /b(ə)ˈləʊtəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blotto3.wav /b(ə)ˈloʊtoʊ/

Word forms

blotto more blotto most blotto blottos blottoes blottoing blottoed

Etymology

From blot + -o. The verb sense “to be annihilated or destroyed” may be related to blot out.

Synonyms

Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled beliquored besotted besotten bevvied bibacious bibulous binned bingoed bladdered blasted blewed blind blind drunk blitzed blocked blootered blottoed blue bollocksed bombed boozy bosky bottled Brahms Brahms and Liszt budgy bungalowed bungfu burlin' canned clobbered corned cocked cockeyed crapulous crocked cunted cup-shot cup-shotten cut dead drunk destroyed disguised drunk drunk as a piper drunked up drunken ebriated ebriose elephant's elephant's trunk

Related words

inkblot destroy

Derived words

blotto box blottoed blottoing
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