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.

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note, write, list, indicate, record

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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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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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For the security of the numerous Afghan informants who work with U.S. troops, he cares not a jot.
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I will now jot hastily down the points of contact between one of these monasteries described by Philo and a Buddhist monastery.
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We would not rob them, were it in our power to do so, of one jot or tittle of their rightful honor.
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Heaven and earth shall pass away, but one jot or tittle of what our God hath spoken shall never pass away.
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A great deal is due to you, I know; but I can't pay a jot of it while you go on rating my father like a madman.'
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That one, however, I will jot down at once lest it be forgotten also.
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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 for jot

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

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Word Origin and History for jot

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.

jot

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

jot

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

noun

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