- present participle of jot.
jotting
Example Sentences
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Scanning the newspaper, inky fingers and fuzzled minds, scrambling for the calculator and jotting down the codes for Julian Dicks and Juninho.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
About 8,000 miles from the Middle East, where U.S. forces massed over the past month to prepare for war, Heather Griffith has been jotting a string of rising numbers into a notebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.
From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025
In a night game in Baltimore last month, Sonoda took notes as usual, jotting down pitches types and their locations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Rembrandt was a prolific draftsman who was constantly jotting down observations of daily life and other ideas for further development.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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