bot

IPA: bˈɑt

The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
(science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
(video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
(video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
(Internet slang, figuratively) A person with no ability to think for themselves.
Initialism of Build–operate–transfer.
Abbreviation of Bǽh-oe-tu.

(Britain, slang) To bugger.
(Australia, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
(video games) To use a bot, or automated program.

Examples of "bot" in Sentences

Fold-a-bot is the latest papercraft from Marshall Alexander.
• Big Dog, the military pack-bot, is back for more creepy robot ballet.
The only redeeming feature about this bot is that he merges to form a giant gestalt killing machine.
This unapologetically unwavering O-bot is a small “i” independent so I tend to refer to the extremes on both sides as “far”.
We thought this sounded a little scarier than it really is, and that a little more detail might help. bot is short for robot.
Howlin 'Mary -- that's what we called the bot --- on the wind, and the other bot did the same, both of us makin' for the same spot.
The search bot is a web page which only requires refreshing the page to (re) search. typologies of intellectual property -- An interactive visualization of intellectual property.