dot

plural dots

1. A small, round spot.

   a dot of colour

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   Long stood Sir Bedivere / Revolving many memories, till the hull / Look’d one black dot against the verge of dawn / And on the mere the wailing died away.

   1845, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Morte d’Arthur”, in Poems, lines 269–272

   THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO A VERY SMALL DOT IN A VERY BIG UNIVERSE

   1914, Rowland R. Gibson, Forces Mining and Undermining China, 2nd edition, London: Andrew Melrose, →OCLC, →OL, page v

   Synonyms: speck, spot

2. grammarA punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.

   The homepage of English Wiktionary is en.wiktionary.org. [read aloud: E-N-dot-wiktionary-dot-org]

   Synonyms: full stop, period, point

3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
4. mathematicsA 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.

   Synonyms: decimal point

5. In musical notation, a symbol in the form of a small point placed after a note, indicating that its duration is to be augmented by 50%.
6. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.

   The alphabetical signals are made up of combinations of dots and of lines of different lengths.

   1838, William Hamilton, “Report on Prof. Morse’s Electro-Magnetic Telegraph”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute

   Synonyms: dit

7. obsoleteA lump or clot.

   Synonyms: blob

8. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.

   a dot of a child

   Synonyms: dab, ounce, dicky-bird, itsy-bitsy, minuity, ace, atom, thought

9. informalball gamesA dot ball.

   That left 15 needed from Boult's final set. Two dots were followed by a heave over deep mid-wicket, then came the outrageous moment of fortune.

   2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London

10. Multicultural London Englishbuckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

    Can’t miss no dots Every shot let caused I’m hittin Used to bag it up in the toilet My mumsie thought I was shittin

    2018, “Rolling Round”, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), performed by Sparko of OMH

    Synonyms: shotty

11. Multicultural London EnglishabbreviationclippingClipping of dotty (“shotgun”).

    We got rambos, glocks and dots, It takes two armed jakes to sum off the block

    2018 September 9, “Hide N Seek”, in C1 (lyrics), Tulse Hill Slums, from 1:06–1:09

    Synonyms: bruckback, broom, scattergun, shotty

12. Multicultural London Englishrareslangconfinement facility

    The feds want me in the dot I got luck for selling them drugs But when I come out I’m still building a spot

    2024 March 17, “Scummy” (0:31 from the start), Trizz #Birmingham (lyrics)

    Synonyms: slammer, can, bin

13. abbreviationclippingcomputingClipping of dotfile

1. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.

alternative D.O.T. · alternative D. O. T. · alternative DoT · alternative d.o.t.

1. USabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport.

   Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.

   2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2020

2. PhilippinesabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Department of Tourism.

plural DOTs · alternative D.O.T. · alternative D. O. T. · alternative DoT · alternative d.o.t.

1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate.
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablevideo gamesInitialism of damage over time.

   Antonyms: HOT

3. broadlycountableuncountablevideo gamesA weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.

plural DoTs

1. alternativevideo gamesAlternative spelling of DOT.