bot

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A physical robot.
• 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.
• A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.

Verb

• To bugger.
• To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
• To use a bot, or automated program.

Origin

• Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag ("maggot").
• From bottom.