jotting down
Scribbling a reminder
Jotting down is writing something quickly and informally, usually as a brief note or reminder: Let me jot down your number.
The phrase suggests speed over neatness—capturing information before it slips away rather than composing carefully.
You jot down ideas, addresses, grocery lists, or anything worth remembering but not worth laboring over.
- scribblingIllegible hasty writing
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- taking notesRecording spoken information
- writeForm text on surface
- documentingCreating a formal record
penciling · quick note · note · chronicling · dictation · bulleting · to-do list · grocery list · jot · scrawling · annotating · notation · shorthand · hastily · log · memo · marginalia · mental note
jotting downforgetting
Failing to retain memories
ignoring · disregarding · letting slip · committing to memory · overlooking
jotting downcomposing
Creating musical works
crafting · typing up · transcribing · authoring · editing
jotting downerasing
Removing recorded marks
deleting · crossing out · scratching out · rubbing out · expunging
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