jot

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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.

Idioms about jot

  1. 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

1
1520–30; earlier iot, iote<Latin iōta<Greek iôtaiota

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British Dictionary definitions for jot

jot

/ (dʒɒt) /


verbjots, jotting or jotted
  1. (tr usually foll by down) to write a brief note of

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

Origin of jot

1
C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota

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