jot

[jot]

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verb (used with object), jot·ted, jot·ting.

to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.

noun

the least part of something; a little bit: I don't care a jot.

Idioms

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

1520–30; earlier iot, iote < Latin iōta < Greek iôta iota

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Examples from the Web for jot

Contemporary Examples

The young man had the presence of mind to tail Gaylard Williams out of the park and jot down his license plate.
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I tell myself to jot down the times, but I never remember to do it.
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“Maybe I should just jot down some of the things I might say,” he says.
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Sometimes I go through them and jot down things that would be useful for whatever book I happen to working on at the time.
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Noah Charney
December 11, 2013
For the security of the numerous Afghan informants who work with U.S. troops, he cares not a jot.
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July 28, 2010

Historical Examples

Meanwhile, the passion of the lover abated not one jot, or for an instant.
Welsh Fairy Tales
William Elliott Griffis
But before I remove one jot of these stains, I must hear the whole from you.
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
Whether he were in the humour to profit by it, mattered not a jot.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles Dickens
I found that his imprisonment had not made him one jot the wiser.
The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete
Jean 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 Education
Harold E. Gorst

British Dictionary definitions for jot

jot

verb jots, jotting or jotted

(tr usually foll by down) to write a brief note of

noun

(used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (or give) a jot)

Word Origin

C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota

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Word Origin and History for jot

n.

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.

v.

"to make a short note of," 1721, from jot (n.). Related: Jotted; jotting.

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Examples from the Web for jot

Contemporary Examples

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.

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

Meanwhile, the passion of the lover abated not one jot, or for an instant.

But before I remove one jot of these stains, I must hear the whole from you.

Whether he were in the humour to profit by it, mattered not a jot.

I found that his imprisonment had not made him one jot the wiser.

Most people do not care a jot whether their children go to one or the other.

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Word Origin and History for jot

n.

v.

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