moot

/muːt/ · noun

Meaning

A moot court.
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.
A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
A ring for gauging wooden pins.
Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
Being an exercise of thought; academic.
Having no practical impact or relevance.
A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
(rural) Talk.
To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
To discuss or debate.
To make or declare irrelevant.
To argue or plead in a supposed case.
To talk or speak.
To say, utter, also insinuate.
Vagina.
The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.
To take root and begin to grow.
To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with the snout.

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