jot

[ jot ]

/ dʒɒt /

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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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Idioms about 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

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

Words nearby jot

joss, josser, joss house, joss stick, jostle, jot, jota, jotter, jotting, Jotun, Jotunheim

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How to use jot in a sentence

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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It is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.
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Quarrel in her presence he could not, nor add one jot to the burden which he felt sure she must bear as the consort of such a man.
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If you belonged to a club, you could get a much better supper at the same hour, and lose not a jot in public esteem.
Tales and Fantasies|Robert Louis Stevenson
Mrs. Gillis had cleared a side table where Davy, in his high chair, could jot down the items that he would use in his talk.
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His arched eyebrows were lifted, and he was smiling as unconcernedly as if the subject in hand touched himself no jot.
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British Dictionary definitions for jot

jot

/ (dʒɒt) /

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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