jot
verb (used with object)
to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed bydown ).
was jotting
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past progressiveof jot.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was jotting down film titles to watch later for movie night.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
Outside the Queen’s Stand, a pensioner with a Bic pen was jotting notes and numbers onto the folded pages of a betting form.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2022
Wailes, meanwhile, was jotting down ASL gloss — essentially “writing down in words what we’re going to sign,” she explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
Weinstein was jotting notes in a thick yellow notebook through most of Haleyi’s account, but looked at her and shook his head when she described their encounter.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2020
The man was jotting in a notebook, except he wasn’t a newspaper reporter.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
