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

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How to use jot in a sentence

Roughly a century after he jotted down his scandal-soaked observations, his notes were finally made public.
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A cousin took me to the National Frontier Trail Museum, where I jotted down dutiful notes.
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The clerk jotted down the time: 10:50 a.m. Valle was back at the defense table with Gatto when the jurors filed in.
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Where they jotted down notes and clipped readings, we tweet short blurbs and recommended links.
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A few quick reactions jotted within a few minutes of the end of the president's speech.
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After a pause the information came, which Lechmere carefully jotted down in his pocket book.
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And he jotted down the name, I presume phonetically, in his note-book.
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I have simply jotted down some points which I hope may be of use to the outsider.
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In after life he jotted down a couple of novels which sold, as the journalists said, "like hot cakes."
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I pounced on the error, and found that she had jotted down each pint in the shilling instead of in the pence column.
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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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