jot

Meaning

Noun

1. The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.
2. A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
3. (obsolete) A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
4. A brief and hurriedly written note.

Verb

Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).

Verb

To jerk or jolt (something); to jog.

Synonyms

note

iota

bit

speck

dot

write

✍️

jotting

jot down

mark

whit

spot

scintilla

grain

pen

🖊️

few

🤏

point

pinch

scribble

shred

soupcon

fraction

little

tinge

make a note

touch

minim

mite

hint

particle

trail

vestige

work

doit

hair’s-breadth

notch up

take notice

affect

hairsbreadth

atomic

bean

blaze

chalk

check

clue

continental

dab

doodle

footprint

👣

granule

indicate

interject

label

🏷️

minute

morsel

note down

period

scratch

smattering

snip

spicule

sprinkling

tincture

tittle

toss

trace

track

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒɒt/

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Latin iōta (“the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬, “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”). Doublet of iota.
Sense 3 (“brief and hurriedly written note”) is derived from the verb.
The verb is probably borrowed from Scots jot, from English jot (noun): see above.