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jot  (jt)
n.
The smallest bit; iota.
tr.v. jot·ted, jot·ting, jots
To write down briefly or hastily: jot down an address.

[Middle English jote, from Latin ita, iota, from Greek, iota; see iota.]

jot
Verb
[jotting, jotted]
jot down to write a brief note of: quickly jot down the answers to these questions
Noun
the least bit: it makes not one jot of difference [Greek iōta iota, smallest letter]

Jot the least amount, as in jot or tittle, 1526.
Examples: jot of blood, 1596.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jotjot - a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
note - a brief written record; "he made a note of the appointment"
2.jotjot - a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch of garlic"
small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
snuff - a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
Verb1.jot - write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
write - communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

jot
verb 1. (usually with down) note down, record, list, note, register, tally, scribble
noun 2. bit, detail, ace, scrap, grain, particle, atom, fraction, trifle, mite, tad (informal), chiefly U.S. speck, morsel, whit, tittle, iota, scintilla, smidgen or smidgin (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad.
Translations

jot [dʒɔt] n not one jot → ni pizca, ni un ápice
jot down vtapuntar
jot [dʒɔt] n not one jot → pas un brin
jot down vtinscrire rapidement, noter
jot [dʒɔt] n not one jot → kein bisschen
jot down jot vtnotieren
jot [dʒɔt] n not one jot → nemmeno un po'
jot down vtannotare in fretta, buttare giù

jot
n jot [dʒot]
a small amount I haven't a jot of sympathy for him.jota, kleinigheidذَرَّه، شَيء طَفيف جداйотаkapkaen tøddelder Deutμικρή ποσότητα, ίχνοςpizcakübekeذره؛ سرسوزنrahtunenbrinֶׁשֶמץकणjota, točkicajottányisedikitagnarögnbriciolo少し아주 조금truputisnieks; sīkumssedikit punzier(ikke det) spor, grannkrztapingocantitate micăйотаštipkakančeksasvim malojota, dugg, dyftเรื่องขี้เล็บ; เรื่องขี้ผงbirazcık, azıcık一點兒,少量йота, незначна кількістьبہت کم مقدارít; nhỏ,
vpast tense, past participle ˈjotted
(usually with down) to write briefly or quickly He jotted (down) the telephone number in his notebook.aanteken, opteken, aanstipيُدَوِّن بِسُرْعَهнадрасквамpoznamenat sikradse nedschnell notierenσημειώνω κτ. γρήγοραapuntar, anotarüles märkimaبطور تند و خلاصه نوشتنraapustaanoterלִרשוֹם בִּמהִירוּתजल्दी से लिखनाbilježitilefirkantmencatathripa, punktaannotare書きとめる메모하다už(si)rašytiīsi pierakstīt; uzmestmencatatkannoterenrable/klore nedzanotowaćanotara notaделать краткую записьpoznamenať sizabeležitipribeležitikrafsa ner, antecknaจดย่อๆyazmak, not almak草草記下коротко записатиجلدی جلدی لکھناghi tóm tắt
n ˈjotter
a notebook or notepad, especially used in school. notaboek, notaboekieمُذَكَّرَهбележникzápisníčeknotesblokdas Notizbuchσημειωματάριο, τετράδιοbloc de notas, libretamärkmikدفتر چرک نویسmuistivihkobloc-notesפִּנקָסरफ काफीbilježnica, notesjegyzetblokkbloknotminnisbókblock-notesノート메모장užrašų knygelė, bloknotėlispiezīmju bloksbuku catatanblocnotenotisbok/-blokknotatnikbloco de notasблокнотzápisníknotesbeležnicaanteckningsbokสมุดnot defteri, bloknot筆記本записник, блокнотچھوٹی کاپی یا پیڈsổ ghi chép tóm tắt

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Anything that strikes me as curious or amusing--I jot it down, and when I have time shall work it up into something, I daresay.
On returning home in the evening he would jot down in his notebook four or five necessary calls or appointments for certain hours.
And, in so far as he could direct, he varied not one jot from the details of that vividly conceived masterpiece of hellishness during the twenty years which followed.
 
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