OOTA is an acronym in the sport of robot combat that stands for "Out Of The Arena", often used in the situation where a competitor robot is thrown into an area of the arena that eliminates it from further fighting in the battle.

"oh Behemoth they're out of the arena, they're gone!"
- Jonathan Pearce, 2001, Mayhem Battle between Behemoth, Stinger and Thermidor 2 in Robot Wars Extreme 1.

"Raging Reality tossed them out of the arena"
- Jonathan Pearce, 2002, Melee battle between Raging Reality, Brutus Maximus, Razer and W.A.S.P in Robot Wars Series 6

"Tombstone- oh my god it got thrown out of the arena!"
- Chris Rose, 2020, One on One battle between Tombstone and End Game in Season 5 of BattleBots

"OOOOOOHHHH!!! Punted out of the arenaaaaa!"
- Chris Rose, 2020, One on One battle between Uppercut and Gemini in Season 5 of BattleBots

"that was an insane OOTA done by X-Robot!"
- just an example of the acronym being used, nothing from official media

OOTA by Sir K. January 17, 2026

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lie oota bolb

and ancient language pay-out that can cause great offence but among friends it is just jest. origninal meaning: lightbulb

ya mmum is a lie oota bolb

lie oota bolb by donkey :D August 6, 2011

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Ootas

New York slang for Shoota or shooter

Boy found the stain, ima call the ootas.

Ootas by Sloflodagaud August 1, 2021

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Ootahbie

Acronym O.O.T.A.B. - One of the awesome bois(boys)!
Pronounced Oo-Tah-Be; As in Ootahbie. Also shortened to Ootahb.
An adaption of the acronym to be used in a sentence.
Meaning: A reference to a male good/best friend.

What's up ootahbieeeee?!
How's it going ootahb?

Ootahbie by Dabaron November 16, 2009