jotting

UK: /ˈdʒɒtɪŋ/ US: ( jot′ing)

From the verb jot: (⇒ conjugate)

jotting is: ⓘ

v pres p

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jot•ting  ( jot′ing), n. 

1. the act of a person who jots.
2. a quickly written or brief note;
   memorandum.

• jot + -ing¹ 1800–10

jot′ty, adj. 

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jotting / ˈdʒɒtɪŋ/ noun

1. something jotted down

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jot /dʒɑt/   v., jot•ted, jot•ting, n. 
v. 

1. to write or mark down quickly or briefly: [~ + object]
   to jot a note to a friend.
   [~ + down + object]
   Jot down the license number.
   [~ + object + down]
   Jot it down before you forget it.

n. [countable* singular;
usually a + ~] ;
[often with a negative word or phrase]

2. the least amount;
   a little bit:
   I don't care a jot.

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jot  ( jot), v., jot•ted, jot•ting, n. 
v.t. 

1. to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually fol. by down):
   Jot down his license number.

n. 

2. the least part of something;
   a little bit:
   I don't care a jot.
3. Idioms not a jot or tittle, not a bit;
   not at all:
   The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

• Greek iôta iota
• Latin iōta
• earlier iot, iote 1520–30

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jot / dʒɒt/ verb (jots, jotting, jotted)

1. (transitive) usually followed by down: to write a brief note of

noun

1. (used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (orgive) a jot)

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota