noun
- the act of a person who jots.
- a quickly written or brief note; memorandum.
verb (used with object), jot·ted, jot·ting.
- to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down): Jot down his license number.
noun
- the least part of something; a little bit: I don’t care a jot.
- not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all: The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.
noun
- something jotted down
verb jots, jotting or 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 (or give) a jot)
“to make a short note of,” 1721, from jot (n.). Related: Jotted; jotting.
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.