dot

Meanings

Noun

• A small, round spot.
• A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
• A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
• A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
• One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
• A lump or clot.
• Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
• A dot ball.
• buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
• Short form of dotty
• A dowry.

Verb

• To cover with small spots (of some liquid).
• To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.
• To mark by means of dots or small spots.
• To mark or diversify with small detached objects.
• To punch (a person).

Related

Similar words

• speck, spot
• full stop , period , point
• tittle
• decimal point
• dit
• stipple

Narrower meaning words

• centered dot
• centred dot
• middle dot
• polka dot

Origin

• From Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott, from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte, Dutch dot, Low German Dutte, dialectal Swedish dott.
• From French dot.