JOTTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jotting mean? 

• JOTTING (noun)
  The noun JOTTING has 1 sense:

1. a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

  Familiarity information: JOTTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOTTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

jot; jotting

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

note (a brief written record)

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

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)