Stotting

Pronunciation: /ˈstɑtɪŋ/

Stotting (noun)

  1. A behaviour where an animal repeatedly jumps with stiff legs, often to show strength or warn others.

Examples

  • The deer showed stotting as it ran across the field.
  • Stotting can look like a warning display to predators.

Stotting (verb)

  1. To repeatedly jump with stiff legs, usually as a warning or display when threatened.

Examples

  • The young deer stotting across the grass looked fearless.
  • It stotting stiff-legged made the predator hesitate.