<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.</li><li>A minute or small spot on a surface; speck.</li><li>Anything relatively small or specklike.</li><li>A small specimen, section, amount, or portion: a dot of butter.</li><li>A period, especially as used when pronouncing an internet address.</li><li>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.</li><li>A point placed under or over a note to indicate that it is to be played staccato.</li><li>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.</li><li>Printing: an individual element in a halftone reproduction.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(Used with object) to mark with or as if with a dot or dots.</li><li>To stud or diversify with or as if with dots: Trees dot the landscape.</li><li>To form or cover with dots: He dotted a line across the page.</li><li>Cooking: to sprinkle with dabs of butter, margarine, or the like: Dot the filling with butter.</li><li>(Used without object) to make a dot or dots.</li></ul>