stot
/stɑt/
verb
- To leap or bounce in the air, especially in a stiff-legged manner, as a form of play or display (used especially of deer, antelope, and sheep).
- Tourists watched in delight as the antelope stotted away from the safari vehicle.
- The young deer began to stot across the meadow, springing high with all four legs.
- When the lamb felt playful, it would stot around the field after its mother.
noun
- A bouncing leap or spring, especially by a deer or antelope.
- Each stot of the gazelle seemed to defy gravity for a moment.
- The fawn's stot was so high it cleared the low bush easily.
- The photographer captured a perfect stot of the springbok in midair.