dot

¹dot

noun \ˈdät\

Definition of DOT

1

: a small spot : speck

2

: a small round mark: as a (1) : a small point made with a pointed instrument <a dot on the chart marked the ship's position> (2) : a small round mark used in orthography or punctuation <put a dot over the i> b : a centered point used as a multiplication sign (as in 6 · 5 = 30) c (1) : a point after a note or rest in music indicating augmentation of the time value by one half (2) : a point over or under a note indicating that it is to be played staccato

3

: a precise point especially in time <arrived at six on the dot>

4

: a short click or buzz forming a letter or part of a letter (as in the Morse code)

5

: a point used to separate components of an address on the Internet

Origin of DOT

Middle English *dot, from Old English dott head of a boil; akin to Old High German tutta nipple

First Known Use: 1674

Rhymes with DOT

aught, baht, blot, bot, clot, cot, ghat, grot, hot, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, lotte, Mott, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, scot, Scot, shot, skat, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht