jotting

[jot-ing]

noun

1. the act of a person who jots.

2. a quickly written or brief note; memorandum.

jotting

/ ˈdʒɒtɪŋ /

noun

1. something jotted down

Other Word Forms

• jotty adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of jotting¹

First recorded in 1800–10; jot + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The use of such lists goes back to the days of antiquity; for all we know there were well-organized Neanderthals jotting their daily schedules on the walls of caves.

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Mr. Ferguson, who was born in Jamaica, was carrying scraps of paper with what police described at the time as “racist jottings” against whites and Asians.

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In a night game in Baltimore last month, Sonoda took notes as usual, jotting down pitches types and their locations.

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But his quieter teenage traumas and triumphs, the kind that occurred when he wasn’t busy jotting down ideas and making Super 8 home movies, played out on “Dawson’s Creek.”

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Daydreaming his way through the galleries, jotting jokes in his notepad, is when he first gained an appreciation for the arts.

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Related Words

• comment 
• commentary 
• diary 
• inscription 
• journal 
• letter 
• memorandum 
• message 
• missive 
• remark 
• summary