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jot

[ jot ]

verb (used with object)

, jot·ted, jot·ting.
  1. to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down ):

    Jot down his license number.



noun

  1. the least part of something; a little bit:

    I don't care a jot.

jot

/ dʒɒt /

verb

  1. trusually foll bydown to write a brief note of
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noun

  1. used with a negative a little bit (in phrases such as not to care ( or give ) a jot )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jot1

1520–30; earlier iot, iote < Latin iōta < Greek iôta iota
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jot1

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

Idioms
  1. not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all:

    The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

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Example Sentences

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.

It is therefore our duty, sir, to protect our principal, and we cannot consent to abate one jot or tittle of our rights.

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.

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.

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.

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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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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