JOT (jotted, jotting)

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Irregular inflected forms: jotted    , jotting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jot mean? 

• JOT (noun)
  The noun JOT has 2 senses:

1. a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

2. a slight but appreciable amount

  Familiarity information: JOT used as a noun is rare.

• JOT (verb)
  The verb JOT has 1 sense:

1. write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

  Familiarity information: JOT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

jot; jotting

Hypernyms ("jot" is a kind of...):

note (a brief written record)

Derivation:

jot (write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A slight but appreciable amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

hint; jot; mite; pinch; soupcon; speck; tinge; touch

Context example:

this dish could use a touch of garlic

Hypernyms ("jot" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "jot"):

snuff (a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time)

• JOT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jot    ... he / she / it jots   
Past simple: jotted   
Past participle: jotted   
-ing form: jotting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

jot; jot down

Hypernyms (to "jot" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

jot (a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note)

jotter (a small notebook for rough notes)

jotting (a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note)

 Context examples 

I have jotted down the more essential ones upon this sheet of paper, together with a few addresses which you will find of service.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A sudden hush announced that the men were on their feet again, and so skilfully had the seconds done their work, that neither looked a jot the worse for what had passed.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“If they had uncles enough to fill all Cheapside,” cried Bingley, “it would not make them one jot less agreeable.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I have jotted down the form here, if you would not mind signing it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has evidently some deep problem in his mind, for he keeps a little note-book in which he is always jotting down something.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I shall jot down the facts.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Every strange or partly familiar word encountered in his reading was immediately jotted down, and later, when a sufficient number had been accumulated, were typed and pinned to the wall or looking-glass.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He now drew out his notebook and jotted down one or two memoranda.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All this I jotted down and felt that Holmes himself could not have been more adroit in collecting his facts.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)