Jot
[dʒɒt] or [dʒɑt]
Definition
(n.) An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf. Bit, n.
(v. t.) To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
Edited by Ervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Iota, tittle, whit, bit, grain, particle, atom, scrap, mite, ace, corpuscle, scintilla.
Edited by Albert
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Tittle, cipher, trifle, rush, fig, particle, atom, thought, idea, bit, scrap,morsel, fraction, iota, whit
ANT:Deal, power, world, mass, light, load, ocean
Typist: Ruth
Definition
n. the least quantity assignable.—v.t. to set down briefly: to make a memorandum of:—pr.p. jot′ting; pa.p. jot′ted.—ns. Jot′ter one who jots: a book for memoranda; Jot′ting a memorandum.
Editor: Miriam
Examples
- In this place I may as well jot down a chapter concerning those necessary nuisances, European guides. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And now to my boon, said the King, which I ask not with one jot the less confidence, that thou hast refused to acknowledge my lawful sovereignty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- If they had uncles enough to fill _all_ Cheapside, cried Bingley, it would not make them one jot less agreeable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I shall jot down the facts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I shall suffer as well as they: but at the end they will find I have not bated nor altered one jot. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Just thirty years later, on a similar trip over the same ground, he jotted down for this volume some of his reminiscences. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I have jotted down the form here, if you would not mind signing it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He now drew out his notebook and jotted down one or two memoranda. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Comment is made on kerosene and its cost, and all kinds of general statistics are jotted down as desirable. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It's not long, sir,' said she to Riah, 'and perhaps you wouldn't mind just jotting it down. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checked by Flossie