1. A brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
   "He made jots in the margins of the book as he read";
   - jotting
    
2. A slight but appreciable amount
   "this dish could use a jot of garlic";
   - touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, speck, soupçon, smack

1. Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
   "He jotted down the phone number on a scrap of paper";
   - jot down

Derived forms: jots, jotted, jotting

Type of: note, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, write

Encyclopedia: Jot, Mainpuri