Mot

v.	1.	May; must; might. [Sing. pres. ind. Mot, Mote, Moot (mōt), pl. Mot, Mote, Moote, pres. subj. Mote; imp. Moste.] He moot as well say one word as another - Chaucer. The wordes mote be cousin to the deed. - Chaucer. Men moot [i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres. - Chaucer. So mote it be so be it; amen; - a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.
n.	1.	A word; hence, a motto; a device. Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar. - Shak.
	2.	A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. Here and there turns up a . . . savage mot. - N. Brit. Rev.
	3.	A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Noun	1.	mot - a clever remark Synonyms: bon mot
	2.	MOT - a compulsory annual test of older motor vehicles for safety and exhaust fumes Synonyms: Ministry of Transportation test, MOT test

Means of Testadage, ana, analects, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, byword, catchword, collected sayings, conceit, crack, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram, expression, facetiae, flash of wit, flight of wit, gibe, gnome, golden saying, happy thought, maxim, moral, motto, nasty crack, oracle, persiflage, phrase, pithy saying, play of wit, pleasantry, precept, prescript, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, quip, quips and cranks, repartee, retort, riposte, sally, saw, saying, scintillation, sentence, sententious expression, sloka, smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, stock saying, stroke of wit, sutra, teaching, text, turn of thought, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, wisecrack, witticism, word, words of wisdom

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