"jot down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jot down.ogg [Australia] Forms: jots down [present, singular, third-person], jotting down [participle, present], jotted down [participle, past], jotted down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jot down (third-person singular simple present jots down, present participle jotting down, simple past and past participle jotted down)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) to write down hurriedly; to make a note of Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (Translations): черкнуть (čerknutʹ) (Russian), набросать (nabrosatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-jot_down-en-verb-4~9UCiZP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for jot down meaning in English (1.7kB)

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