dot — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A small, round spot.

   Synonyms

   speckspot

   Examples

   a dot of colour

   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.

   More examples (1)

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

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

   Synonyms

   point

   Examples

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

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. 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.

   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.

   Synonyms

   dit

   Examples

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

7. A lump or clot.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Synonyms

   blob

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

   Synonyms

   dabouncedicky-birditsy-bitsyminuity

   Examples

   a dot of a child

9. A dot ball.

   Usage

   • Informal

   Examples

   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.

10. buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun

    Usage

    • Multicultural-London-English

    Synonyms

    shotty

    Examples

    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

11. confinement facility

    Usage

    • Multicultural-London-English
    • Rare
    • Slang

    Synonyms

    slammercanbin

    Examples

    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

Noun

1. a very small circular shape

   Synonyms

   point

   Broader terms

   diskdiscsaucer

   Examples

   a row of points

   draw lines between the dots

2. the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code

   Synonyms

   dit

   Broader terms

   telegraphic signalradiotelegraphic signal

3. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

   Synonyms

   acidback breakerbattery-aciddoseElvisloony toonsLucy in the sky with diamondspanesupermanwindow paneZen

   Broader terms

   lysergic acid diethylamideLSD

Verb

1. scatter or intersperse like dots or studs

   Synonyms

   studconstellate

   Broader terms

   covercontinueextend

   Examples

   Hills constellated with lights

2. distribute loosely

   Synonyms

   scattersprinkledustdisperse

   Broader terms

   discharge

   Examples

   He scattered gun powder under the wagon

3. make a dot or dots

   Broader terms

   write

4. mark with a dot

   Broader terms

   mark

   Examples

   dot your i's