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Moot has 11 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise

"he organized the weekly moot"

2

A moot court.

"The old axe handle was now just a long, splintered moot lying across the forest floor where the oak had once stood."

3

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

4

Vagina.

5

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

Verb
1

think about carefully; weigh

"They considered the possibility of a strike"

"Turn the proposal over in your mind"

2

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

"The idea of moving to a smaller apartment took root in my mind when I started saving money regularly."

3

To take root and begin to grow.

Adjective
1

of no legal significance (as having been previously decided)

"The judge dismissed the plaintiff's new claim as moot because the original issue had already been resolved by a prior ruling."

2

open to argument or debate

"that is a moot question"

3

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

"The debate over whether to build the new library has become moot since the city council voted unanimously against it last week."

Example Sentences
"he organized the weekly moot" noun
"They considered the possibility of a strike" verb
"Turn the proposal over in your mind" verb
"that is a moot question" adjective
See Also
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Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
lawsuit hash out
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
see premeditate debate wrestle think twice
Rhyming Words
oot zoot goot poot soot toot doot noot coot root koot hoot loot foot woot boot sloot snoot froot groot
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