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  • present participle of jot.
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jotting

American  
[jot-ing] / ˈdʒɒt ɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act of a person who jots.

  2. a quickly written or brief note; memorandum.


jotting British  
/ ˈdʒɒtɪŋ /

noun

  1. something jotted down

"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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Etymology

Origin of jotting

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

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About 8,000 miles from the Middle East, where U.S. forces massed over the past month to prepare for war, Heather Griffith has been jotting a string of rising numbers into a notebook.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

Williams recommends jotting down the fears about money that are holding you back.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2024

The TV camera zooms in on David Moyes who is jotting down something in a notepad.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2024

Helmuth spots Werner Kranz jotting down French vocabulary words and grows curious.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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