ALL meanings of dotter
dot
D d - noun dotter a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen. 1
- noun dotter a minute or small spot on a surface; speck: There were dots of soot on the window sill. 1
- noun dotter anything relatively small or specklike. 1
- noun dotter a small specimen, section, amount, or portion: a dot of butter. 1
- noun dotter a period, especially as used when pronouncing an Internet address. 1
- noun dotter Music. a point placed after a note or rest, to indicate that the duration of the note or rest is to be increased one half. A double dot further increases the duration by one half the value of the single dot. a point placed under or over a note to indicate that it is to be played staccato. 1
- noun dotter Telegraphy. a signal of shorter duration than a dash, used in groups along with groups of dashes and spaces to represent letters, as in Morse code. 1
- noun dotter Printing. an individual element in a halftone reproduction. 1
- verb with object dotter to mark with or as if with a dot or dots. 1
- verb with object dotter to stud or diversify with or as if with dots: Trees dot the landscape. 1
- verb with object dotter to form or cover with dots: He dotted a line across the page. 1
- verb with object dotter Cookery. to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like: Dot the filling with butter. 1
- verb without object dotter to make a dot or dots. 1
- idioms dotter dot one's i's and cross one's t's, to be meticulous or precise, even to the smallest detail. 1
- idioms dotter on the dot, Informal. precisely; exactly at the time specified: The guests arrived at eight o'clock on the dot. 1
- idioms dotter the year dot, British Informal. very long ago. 1
- noun dotter An instrument for drawing dots. 0