jot (dʒɒt
)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: jots, jotting, jotted
- (tr) usually foll by down to write a brief note of
noun
- (used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (a little bit (in phrases such as (or give) a jot)
Word Origin
C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iotaUsage examples
He traipsed about the house when he couldn't write -- neither jot a tittle nor tittle a jot.
, The Open Door (1989)It doesn't matter that an ability to use a computer will not enhance my students ' understanding of Wuthering Heights one jot.
Spiked (2004)Readers can nominate their own homes also, just jot down why you deserve to win.
Ottawa Sun (2003)Despite several periods of structured therapy in the prison system, his sexual compulsions had not changed a jot.
Times, Sunday Times (2001)We would jot down passages on scraps of paper or in the margins of books, handing them one to the other or exchanging them.
, Ford Madox Ford (1990)