jot has definitions from the field of writing
1
[ noun ] a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

Synonyms

jotting

Used in print

(Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)

The work had its beginning in 1938 with an eight bar musical strain to which Koehler set the words `` There 'll be no more work / There 'll be no more worry '' , matching the spiritual feeling of the jot .

Related terms

note jot_down

2
[ verb ] (writing) write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

Synonyms

jot_down

Related terms

write jotting

3
[ noun ] a small but appreciable amount

Examples

"this dish could use a touch of garlic"

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