dot1

noun

• a small round mark or spot:a symbol depicted in coloured dots
• a small round mark written or printed as part of an i or j, as one of a series of marks to signify omission, or as a full stop.
• Music a small round mark used to denote the lengthening of a note or rest by half, or to indicate staccato.
• the shorter signal of the two used in Morse code. Compare with dash (sense 3 of the noun).
• used to refer to an object that appears tiny because it is far away:they were mere dots on the horizon now
• used to indicate the punctuation separating parts of an email or website address:OUP dot com

verb (dots, dotting, dotted)

• 1mark with a small spot or spots:wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt
• (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area):churches dot the countryside (be dotted)there appear to be a number of airfields dotted about
• place a dot over (a letter):you need to dot the i
• Music mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half: (as adjective dotted)a dotted minim

• 2British informal hit (someone):‘You want to dot him one,’ he said