dot dot dot

Noun

dot dot dot (plural dot dot dots)

1. (colloquial) An ellipsis.
   • Is there a way, other then creating my own command button, that I can get the dot dot dot button next to a field on my form in Access 2000.2001 May 8, Darin Horton, “build button, dot dot dot, ellipse”, in microsoft.public.access.forms (Usenet), message-ID <urUrrh71AHA.956@tkmsftngp03>
   • [the words dot dot dot are in the title]
     How do I make a recordset field which may be cut short like on a search engine so it only displays a certain ammount^([sic]) of characters and then ends ...?2001 October 29, Matt Lane, “Making a Recordset Field Cut short with dot dot dot! Help !”, in macromedia.ultradev (Usenet), message-ID <B802F5BA.25E0%mlane@thefoundationdesign.com>

Interjection

1. (colloquial) As if adding an ellipsis in the middle of speech, indicates a pause, an omission or an unfinished thought.
   • Let me read this part of the note for the court reporter: "Either meet my demands or dot dot dot."
   • IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT******
     I would have picked Eric from celebrity mole, lol.2003 February 17, :-O< 8@:-O.:-O, “**IF I WAS JOE MILLIONAIRE, DOT DOT DOT******”, in alt.tv.real-world (Usenet), message-ID <fe835v0d383qv7bnsnpdda4jhlt0rqkv7o@4ax.com>