jot

[jot] /dʒɒt/

verb (used with object), jotted, jotting.

to write or mark down quickly or briefly (usually followed by down):

Jot down his license number.

noun

the least part of something; a little bit:

I don't care a jot.

Idioms

not a jot or tittle, not a bit; not at all:

The world situation matters not a jot or tittle to him.

Origin

1520-30; earlier iot, iote < Latin iōta < Greek iôta iota

Examples from the web for jot

Alongside the video is a space for typed or handwritten notes, which students can jot down using a stylus.
Surprise: the criterion was met a few days ago, but the cartel has yet to increase output one jot.
Ask them to jot notes about daily life as they watch the videos and view the photos.
It won't care a jot if it is populated by human beings.
As they watch, students should jot down in their notebooks the tagline and description provided for each candidate.
If you think of something you can jot down an idea, but that is it.
Students can jot down key words or phrases or use self-stick notes.
After each of the instructions, there is space for the student to jot down ideas.
Try to think of questions they will ask and then jot down possible answers.
He hasn't done a jot of campaigning in the past year and his presidential prospects have risen dramatically.

British Dictionary definitions for jot

jot

/dʒɒt/

verb jots, jotting, jotted

(transitive) usually foll by down. to write a brief note of

noun

(used with a negative) a little bit (in phrases such as not to care (or give) a jot)

Word Origin

C16: from Latin jota, from Greek iōta, of Semitic origin; see iota

Word Origin and History for jot

1520s, borrowing of Latin jota, variant spelling of Greek iota "the letter -i-," the smallest letter in the alphabet, hence the least part of anything.

"to make a short note of," 1721, from jot (n.). Related: Jotted; jotting.

jot in the Bible

or Iota, the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet, used metaphorically or proverbially for the smallest thing (Matt. 5:18); or it may be = yod, which is the smallest of the Hebrew letters.