/stot/ , n. , v. , stotted, stotting .
n.
1. a springing gait of certain bovids, as gazelles and antelopes, used esp. when running in alarm from a predator.
v.i.
2. to run with such a gait.
[ special use of Scots, N England dial. stot bound, go by leaps, bounce; perh. akin to ME stuten to STUTTER ]