jot

jot
[[t]ʤɒ̱t[/t]]
jots, jotting, jotted
1) VERB If you jot something short such as an address somewhere, you write it down so that you will remember it.

[V n prep/adv] Could you just jot his name on there.

Syn:
Jot down means the same as jot.

V P n (not pron) Keep a pad handy to jot down queries as they occur... V n P Listen carefully to the instructions and jot them down.

2) QUANT: with brd-neg, QUANT of n-uncount (emphasis) If you say that there is not a jot or not one jot of something, you are emphasizing that there is not even a very small amount of it. [OLD-FASHIONED]

There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good...

It makes not one jot of difference.

Syn:
a bit
3) PHRASE: with brd-neg, PHR after v (emphasis) Expressions such as a jot, one jot, not a jot are used to emphasize negative statements. [OLD-FASHIONED]

It doesn't affect my judgement one jot...

It matters not a jot.


English dictionary. 2008.

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