dotted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb scatter or intersperse like dots or studs
    constellate; stud; dot.
    • Hills constellated with lights
  2. verb distribute loosely
    dust; sprinkle; scatter; dot; disperse.
    • He scattered gun powder under the wagon
  3. verb make a dot or dots
    dot.
  4. verb mark with a dot
    dot.
    • dot your `i's
  5. adjective satellite having a pattern of dots
    flecked; specked; stippled; speckled.
  6. adjective satellite having gaps or spaces
    dashed.
    • sign on the dotted line

WordNet


Dot"ted adjective
Definitions
  1. Marked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. ✍ Notes and rests are sometimes followed by two dots, to indicate an increase of length equal to three quarters of their simple value, and they are then said to be double-dotted.

Webster 1913