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dot

UK/dɒt/ US/dɑt/ fairly common informal slang us
noun (4) verb (4)

noun

1.

a very small circular shape

  • “a row of points”
  • “draw lines between the dots”
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2.

the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

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3.

the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

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4.

verb

1.

scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

  • “Hills constellated with lights”
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2.

distribute loosely

  • “He scattered gun powder under the wagon”
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3.

make a dot or dots

4.

mark with a dot

  • “dot your”
  • “s”

Origin

From Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott (“a dot, point”), from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“wisp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte (“a clump”), Dutch dot (“lump, knot, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”), dialectal Swedish dott (“a little heap, bunch, clump”).

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