For example, pushups performed by lizards and stotting in gazelles act as signals of physical fitness and likelihood of escaping attack. These are honest signals, as they are energetically ...

says Harry. In the North East of England, if there’s heavy rain it’s stotting. A “stot” in North East dialect is a stone; the rain is so heavy it sounds like stones falling. There are ...

My wife's family from County Durham used the term "it's stotting it down" to describe rain that was so heavy it was bouncing off the ground. Stephen Veasey, Nottingham "It's a bit black over Bill ...

Unrelenting, stotting from idea to idea, swinging back on itself, this is fiction as an exercise in etymology. The most successful pieces here are the ones laced with feeling as well: take the ...

She pauses for a few breaths before stotting off again. Yes, I feast on all of this. With each and every breath, I settle ...