Sekirov Dictionary

blotto

UK /ˈblɒtəʊ/US /ˈblɑtoʊ/

noun 3
verb 2
adjective 1
/b(ə)ˈloʊtoʊ/ noun 1
forms 6

noun3

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(informal) A person who is (very) drunk or intoxicated.
- Remember, Blanche DuBois was a blotto and her trip to New Orleans didn't get her anywhere. Nuff said. — 1979
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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).
- Generalized background staining of colostral cell preparations was blocked most effectively with Blotto + 10% FBS. — 2007
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An artwork created using blots of ink or paint.
- One can object to a few of the crafts included—paper punch pictures, blottos and metal foil sculpture—because they are more likely to lead to "tricks" than to art. — 1955

verb2

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(informal) To become or cause to become (very) drunk or intoxicated.
- An entire bottle would have blottoed me. I marvel how Leigh managed to give my name to the manager. — 1994
(informal) To be annihilated or destroyed; to be blotted out.

adjective1

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(informal) (Very) drunk or intoxicated.
- Dear old Squiffy was always rather a lad for the wassail-bowl. When I met him in Paris, I remember, he was quite tolerably blotto. — 1920

blotto

UK /b(ə)ˈləʊtəʊ/US /b(ə)ˈloʊtoʊ/

noun1

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(no longer used) On Sulawesi: a hollowed-out tree trunk used as a boat.
- The agent of the Packet Company is ready to give information about it, and to look after the hiring of horses and blottos. — 1897

forms

blottoed · blottoing · blottoes · blottos · more blotto · most blotto

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