Definition of jot
:the least bit :iota
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Examples of jot in a Sentence
it's obvious that he doesn't have a jot of interest in history
Recent Examples of jot from the Web
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But Mayweather didn’t have a jot of trouble against southpaw Robert Guerrero in 2013.
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If Mike Pence replaced Donald Trump and implemented every jot and tittle of the conservative program, then won reelection, most Republicans would be enraged, not excited.
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Origin and Etymology of jot
jot Synonyms
Synonyms
beans, bubkes (also bupkes or bupkus), continental, damn, darn (also durn), diddly [slang], diddly-squat [slang], doodley-squat (or doodly-squat), fig, ghost, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, squat [slang], syllable, tittle, whit, whoopRelated Words
ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, skosh, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), snap, speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, traceDefinition of jot
jotted;
jotting
transitive verb
:to write briefly or hurriedly :set down in the form of a note
- jot this down
Examples of jot in a Sentence
He paused to jot a few notes on a slip of paper.
Recent Examples of jot from the Web
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People jotted what brings them joy on colorful Post-it Notes and added them to the board.
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Cullen will jump up in mid-conversation to jot down a reminder, and cut short his high dudgeon over some issue with a laugh –
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The idea was that just jotting down a few very quick, context-free thoughts every day to engage in the physical act of being thankful would accumulate over time and keep me focused on the positive.
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Just a few years ago, CYN was a teenager growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, jotting lyrics in notebooks and escaping the melancholy of middle America through music.
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At the end of the first century A.D., Roman soldiers stationed at Vindolanda, a Fort along Hadrian’s wall in the United Kingdom, jotted notes on wafer-thin pieces of wood—requests for beer, descriptions of cold feet, birthday invites and more.
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Jot down the number of the nearest U.S. embassy or U.S. consulate with you, in English and the local language: All provide emergency help 24/7 overseas and in Washington, D.C.
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The majority of my collection are the Bic Clic pen, easy to whip out to take an order with or jot down a note.
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Give those thumbs a rest and jot down (yes, with an actual pen) your finds along the way, in one of these eight travel notebooks.
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First Known Use of jot
1721
JOT Defined for English Language Learners
jot
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Definition of jot for English Language Learners
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: to write down (something) quickly
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