Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The smallest bit; iota.
- transitive verb To write down briefly or hastily.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To jog; jolt; bump; nudge.
- To set down quickly and with few strokes in writing or sketching; make a brief note or memorandum of: usually with down.
- Plump; downright.
- noun An iota; a point; a tittle; the least quantity assignable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To set down; to make a brief note of; -- usually followed by down.
- noun An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle. Cf.
bit , n.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
iota ; apoint ; atittle ; thesmallest particle . - noun a
brief andhurriedly written note - verb To
write quickly. - verb To
go quickly.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a slight but appreciable amount
- verb write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
- noun a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Essentially, the iPhones were all Rickrolled in jot down time.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Essentially, the iPhones were all Rickrolled in jot down time.
RTFM: Jailbroken iPhones get iRickrolled due to weak SSH access ... admin 2009
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Essentially, the iPhones were all Rickrolled in jot down time.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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Essentially, the iPhones were all Rickrolled in jot down time.
RTFM: Jailbroken iPhones get iRickrolled due to weak SSH access ... admin 2009
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Instead you use WikiWords. (create hyperlinks by using CapitalLetters with no space! supported by tens of SME applications in jot's case eg crm, project management, sales pipeline, recruitment - then you can upload files and receive updates through RSS - very kewl): SocialText did a VC round the other week (SAP I think funded) and now Jotspot come out with a very kewl collaboration feature.
Archive 2005-09-01 Ben Barren 2005
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Instead you use WikiWords. (create hyperlinks by using CapitalLetters with no space! supported by tens of SME applications in jot's case eg crm, project management, sales pipeline, recruitment - then you can upload files and receive updates through RSS - very kewl): SocialText did a VC round the other week (SAP I think funded) and now Jotspot come out with a very kewl collaboration feature.
Wikis are Red Hot Ben Barren 2005
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The word jot, or yod -- '-- is the name of the Hebrew letter I, the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet.
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The reason that SMT don’t give jot is because it is not their arses’ on the line at 2. 00am behind a derelict building with Billy burglar wanting to take their head off.
Homo Electric « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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Zembla asked how Simon Singh should respond to the fact that there is a "jot" of evidence.
The BCA's Reply Jack of Kent 2009
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Jott.com's premise seems to be fairly simple: It helps you "jot" down your ideas and appointments, lists, reminders, etc.
New Resource: Jott.com Erika D. 2008
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