jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
is jotting
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present progressiveof jot (3rd 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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The TV camera zooms in on David Moyes who is jotting down something in a notepad.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2024
As it does, Bell is jotting it down in media as fleeting as the home page on a digital newspaper.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
She is jotting down notes in a journal devoted to the new novel.
From Washington Post ● May 15, 2018
Jarvis has pulled a small notepad from his pocket and is jotting something down.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Meanwhile he is within barrack walls, or else he is jotting down his letters at a railway station, or else he is in the stages of an interminable journey, 'forty men to a truck.'
From Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 by André Chevrillon
