Meaning
A stroke; a blow.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat Inherited from Middle English beten, from Old English bēatan (“to beat, pound, strike, lash, dash, thrust, hurt, injure”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push, strike”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch boten, botten, butten (“to push, strike”), German boßen (“to thrash”), Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍄𐌰𐌽 (*bautan, “to beat, strike”) (whence, probably, Galician and Portuguese botar (“to expel; to throw”)); also Latin fūstis (“club, cudgel, knobbed stick, staff”), *fūtō (“to strike”), Albanian bahe, hobe (“sling”), Armenian բութ (butʻ), բույթ (buytʻ, “thumb”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 14 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-07-04BAEHILT
- 2025-12-08AZBTIEP
- 2025-10-12BACEILT
- 2025-09-23TAKICEB
- 2025-08-06TAMEBJN
- 2025-03-11TNAKMEB
- 2025-03-03BATGELV
- 2024-08-23BAPLEOT
- 2024-07-18TABEIPZ
- 2024-06-18ABKTCEI
- 2023-08-02TLAJCBE
- 2023-07-11ABTIFEC
+2 earlier appearances in the archive.