What is "jotting"

Usage examples of "jotting".

Cassie had already drawn up a pad and was jotting notes quickly enough to shake the googly eyes of the monster at the tip of the pen.

Jotting some notes to himself on the pad, Nestler stopped abruptly and looked back at her.

After an exchange of small courtesies, Prasada Rao, watching me jotting down some points in my notebook, inquired what I was doing.

She was looking flushed and happy as she sidled down the bench on which the crucibles were ranged, jotting down the time from the lab clock and temperatures from the thermocouple pyrometers plugged into each sample.

He saw that Souter had left his papers behind, and that he had pencilled something next to several vague jottings, the sketch of a sailing vessel and the words, England Expects!

She caught the action as quickly as a trout snagging a fly, and rose gracefully, coming toward him while her colleagues remained seated, furiously jotting notes and mumbling into microcassette recorders.

In the resurrection room other Servants wandered about, performing pre-programmed tasks, checking dials and monitoring vats, meticulously jotting down information.

Twenty male officers in Navy whites stood in isolated groups examining computer readout sheets or jotting down a series of complex notations on the green chalk boards which covered the walls.

Lady Blandish turned over the leaves, and came upon the later jottings.

She upped the pressure with very long, ultimately persuasive letters, often jotting down afterthoughts in the margins.

We see him jotting down everything that comes into his head, for his own amusement, and certainly without any thought of publication.

The jottings, after a little study, became much more intelligible than they had looked at first.

Cozzano had turned on a little courtesy light that shone a pool of golden light into his lap, and was jotting down some notes.

Some of the dozen or so milling about the large reception area were quite obviously buyers, peering at the displays and jotting entries on their wrist units.

In other words, should he be brought up short and queried, ever, he could say he had treated me only as a doctor treats a patient, had prescribed for me, had given me some sedative, headache powder, strengthener, or whatever it was, for my spells of dizziness and would have my word to corroborate his and perhaps some office or desk jotting to show for it as well.