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   dot

   /dɒt/

   noun

   • 1. a small round mark or spot: "a symbol depicted in coloured dots"
   • ▪ a small round mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop.
   • ▪ a small round mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato.
   • ▪ the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code.
   • ▪ used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away: "they were mere dots on the horizon now"
   • ▪ used to indicate the punctuation separating parts of an email or website address: "OUP dot com"

   verb

   • 1. mark with a small spot or spots: "wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt" Similar spotfleckbespecklemarkdabstipplepockfrecklesprinkledustliterary:befleckbestrewbesprinkle
   • ▪ (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area): "churches dot the countryside" Similar scatterpeppersprinklestrewlitterpunctuatestudcoverspreaddisperseinterspersedistribute
   • ▪ place a dot over (a letter): "you need to dot the i"
   • ▪ mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half: "you can turn a reel into a hornpipe by slowing it down a bit and dotting the quavers"
   • 2. hit (someone): informal British "‘You want to dot him one,’ he said"

   Word Origin Old Englishdott ‘head of a boil’. The word is recorded only once in Old English, then not until the late 16th century, when it is found in the sense ‘a small lump or clot’, perhaps influenced by Dutch dot ‘a knot’. The sense ‘small mark or spot’ dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dotter noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • T

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