JOT DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jot down mean? 

• JOT DOWN (verb)
  The verb JOT DOWN has 1 sense:

1. write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

  Familiarity information: JOT DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JOT DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

jot; jot down

Hypernyms (to "jot down" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

I shall jot down the facts.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)