jot
pronunciation
How to pronounce jot in British English:
UK [dʒɒt]
How to pronounce jot in American English:
US [dʒɑt]
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- Noun:
- a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
- a slight but appreciable addition
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- Verb:
- write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
Word Origin
- jot (n.)
- 1520s, borrowing of Latin jota, variant spelling of Greek iota "the letter -i-," the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything (see iota).
- jot (v.)
- "to make a short note of," 1721, from jot (n.). Related: Jotted; jotting.
Example
- 1. Use your break to journal or jot down a few ideas for your next post .
- 2. Memorise your cats or jot them on a sheet of card to keep at hand .
- 3. You can jot down notes or sketch in it .
- 4. Maybe jot a few things down in a notebook as I go along .
- 5. China will enter the world trade organisation whatever happens . And america is not being asked to cut its tariffs one jot .