jot
- to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.
- the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.
- not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.
Origin of jot
Examples from the Web for jot
Contemporary Examples of jot
The young man had the presence of mind to tail Gaylard Williams out of the park and jot down his license plate.
I tell myself to jot down the times, but I never remember to do it.
“Maybe I should just jot down some of the things I might say,” he says.
The Stacks: The Inimitable Albert Brooks Caught at the Dawn of His Movie CareerPaul Slansky
April 13, 2014
Sometimes I go through them and jot down things that would be useful for whatever book I happen to working on at the time.
For the security of the numerous Afghan informants who work with U.S. troops, he cares not a jot.
Historical Examples of jot
Meanwhile, the passion of the lover abated not one jot, or for an instant.
Welsh Fairy TalesWilliam Elliott Griffis
But before I remove one jot of these stains, I must hear the whole from you.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas NicklebyCharles Dickens
Whether he were in the humour to profit by it, mattered not a jot.
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
I found that his imprisonment had not made him one jot the wiser.
The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, CompleteJean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
Most people do not care a jot whether their children go to one or the other.
The Curse of EducationHarold E. Gorst
jot
- (tr usually foll by down) to write a brief note of
- (used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (or give) a jot)
Word Origin for jot
Word Origin and History for jot
1520s, borrowing of Latin jota, variant spelling of Greek iota "the letter -i-," the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything.
"to make a short note of," 1721, from jot (n.). Related: Jotted; jotting.