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jotting

jotting is the present participle and gerund 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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Noun

jotting (plural jottings)

  1. A brief note or sketch

Forms of jotting

pluraljottings

Phrases with jotting

Questions about jotting

What does jotting mean?
Jotting means a brief note or sketch.
What is jotting the present participle and gerund of?
Jotting is the present participle and gerund of jot.
What part of speech is jotting?
Jotting is a noun.
What is the plural of jotting?
The plural of jotting is jottings.

Words near jotting in the dictionary

  1. jotted
  2. jotted down
  3. jotter
  4. jottering
  5. jotters
  6. jotting
  7. jotting down
  8. jottings
  9. Jotto
  10. jotty
  11. jotun

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