Dictionary

Explore meaning, context, and usage with an online dictionary experience optimized for multilingual workflows.

Clear

Try these words

Meaning of moot

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

moot

Pronunciation:/muːt//muːt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A moot court.

  2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.

  3. A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.

  4. A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.

    Example: 1903, Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day, Moot Points: Friendly Disputes on Art and Industry Between Walter Crane and Lewis F. Day

  2. Being an exercise of thought; academic.

  3. Having no practical impact or relevance.

    Example: That point may make for a good discussion, but it is moot.

moot

noun

Definitions

  1. A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.

    Example: Haven't you heard the moot, mate? There are going to be layoffs. They are going to shit-can the lot of us.

  2. (rural) Talk.

    Example: No, there's no moot of it on the streets.

verb

Definitions

  1. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.

  2. To discuss or debate.

  3. To make or declare irrelevant.

  4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.

moot

noun

Definitions

  1. The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

verb

Definitions

  1. To take root and begin to grow.

  2. To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.