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roto en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

Etymology

Clipping.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable) Clipping of rotogravure.
  2. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie baseball.
    • "But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece[…] 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: confession of a fantasy football junkie:
    • Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball. 1997, BGI bill, “Looking for Rules and Regulations for roto baseball league”, in pdaxs.sports.baseball (Usenet):
  3. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable) Clipping of rotisserie sports.

Forms

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rotos Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

roto-homothety

roto en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

Etymology

Clipping.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal) Clipping of rotoscope.
    alt of rotoscope

Forms

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rotoed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rotoed Tense=Past lexicographic
rotoing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rotos Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

roto en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish roto.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.

Forms

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rotos Number=Plur lexicographic