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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The strikes by the US and its allies will not change the military situation in Syria one jot.
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The free kick came in controversial circumstances after a further two minutes of injury time were played at the end of the contest, but the hosts won't care one jot as they were spared the ignominy of losing on home soil.
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Every scrap of wood, snip of fiber or jot of stone must be removed by hand.
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But the loss of a single cell’s contribution matters not a jot.
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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
Latin iota, jota iota
jot Synonyms
Synonyms
beans, continental, darn (also durn), fig, hoot, iota, lick, modicum, rap, syllable, tittle, whit, whoop;
Related Words
ace, bit, crumb, dab, driblet, glimmer, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, pin, ray, scrap, scruple, semblance, shade, shadow, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon), speck, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, touch, trace;
Definition of jot
jotted;
jotting
: 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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Billboard jotted down notes throughout the day to give you the festival’s biggest moments from some of our favorite artists.
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In 1972, while stopping in Hawaii en route to Beijing, President Nixon jotted a few notes to himself on a yellow pad ahead of his historic encounter with Mao Zedong, the revolutionary founder of the People’s Republic of China.
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Their language is cleaner because reporters record or take video of the interviews, rather than jotting down some sanitized version of what’s said.
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The term derives from the hooded raincoats favored by trainspotters, those solitary hobbyists who hang around railway platforms jotting down the serial numbers of passing engines.
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Commissioner Carolyn Passamonte studied the documents in front of her, jotting notes.
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The collection also includes pillows jotted with words of inspiration and illustrations of animals — the oh-so-perfect Ellen blend of sentiment, cuteness, and style.
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But among the oddities caught this season by one of those dozen-plus cameras and observed by at least one reporter has been Delino DeShields taking a moment to jot down a few notes in his little black baseball notebook.
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The doctor finally knocked to enter, with a female associate on his heels, ready to jot notes on a laptop.
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First Known Use of jot
1721
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Definition of jot for Students
jotted;
jotting
: to write briefly or in a hurry
- I jot down their names and requests.
- —Carolyn Keene, The Double Jinx Mystery
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