Synonyms for dot

Grammar : Noun, verb

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Phonetic Transcription : dɒt

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Définition of dot

Origin : Old English dott "speck, head of a boil," perhaps related to Norwegian dot "lump, small knot," Dutch dot "knot, small bunch, wisp," Old High German tutta "nipple;" ultimate origin unclear.
Known from a single source c.1000; the word reappeared with modern meaning "mark" c.1530; not common until 18c. Morse telegraph sense is from 1838. On the dot "punctual" is 1909, in reference to a clock dial face. Dot-matrix first attested 1975.

noun tiny mark, drop
verb make spot(s)

Example sentences :

If ever she was suited to a dot, it was jest then 'n' there.
Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin

“I didn't said dot I vould be a goot sby, Dick,” responded Fritz.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

It was almost forty minutes to the dot when Hilary's head emerged from the cleft.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

A dot on the desert expanded into a pit, a tower, and some small buildings.
Extract from : « The Big Tomorrow » by Paul Lohrman

Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds, And—at last and at last— —God—the sky was filled with armies.
Extract from : « War is Kind » by Stephen Crane

A jock has got to weigh in and weigh out on the dot when Parker is on the job.
Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan

DOT's face, like a full moon, appears over the upper banisters.
Extract from : « The Eldest Son (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

Dot knew where the others were picking, for they didn't keep still a minute.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various

An enormous fellow he was, and fatter for his size than Dot Calliper was for hers.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various

Then up she'd be coming, step by step, houlding on to the bannisters, dot and carry one.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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