jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
am jotting
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present progressiveof jot (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Commencement of the Case.—I am an enthusiast, and I am jotting down on this sheet of paper the story of my last exploit.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, August 6, 1892 by Various
Evening has come at last; I am jotting down these notes just as they come into my head.
From Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) by John Leighton
But I am jotting down my impressions as I receive them.
From Faces and Places by Sir Henry W. (Henry William) Lucy
