jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
have been jotting
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present perfect progressiveof jot.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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It still lives and blooms in a glass on my writing-table at which I have been jotting down the notes of what I mean to say.
From The Master-Christian by Marie Corelli
From all that I have been jotting down, you may fancy the set I am moving in, and the class with whom I associate.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever
I have been jotting down names that took my fancy for some time past.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 by Sir Owen Seaman
I have been jotting down my impressions upon finding myself riding under the surface of the sea.
From The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep by Victor G. Durham
