Meanings
noundotter (plural dotters)
plural dotters
- An instrument for drawing dots.
These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.
2011, Jane Symington, Karen Peppercorn, At Your Fingertips - The Nail Technician's Companion, page 2891 more example
Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient.
1869, Cameron Knight, The Mechanician and Constructor for Engineers
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dotter
potterotterhotterplottertrotterspottercotterblottersquatterrottertotterjotterbottergarroterslottersnotteryachter
All rhymes →Sounds the same
daughter (cot–caught merger)
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APA
dotter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotter
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dotter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dotter.
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