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jotted

jotted is the simple past and past participle of jot.

Meaning of jot

Verb (1)

jot (third-person singular simple present jots, present participle jotting, simple past and past participle jotted)

  1. (transitive) Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).
    • Tell me your order so I can jot it down.

Verb (2)

jot (third-person singular simple present jots, present participle jotting, simple past and past participle jotted)

  1. (dialectal, transitive, obsolete except UK) To jerk or jolt (something); to jog.
    • Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.1556, John Heywood, chapter 24, in The Spider and the Flie. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. […] (Publications of...
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What is jotted the simple past and past participle of?
Jotted is the simple past and past participle of jot.

Words near jotted in the dictionary

  1. jotisis
  2. Jotnian
  3. jots
  4. jots and tittles
  5. jots down
  6. jotted
  7. jotted down
  8. jotter
  9. jottering
  10. jotters
  11. jotting

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