"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
• 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
• 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"

"wet spots of rain began to dot his shirt"

• (of a number of items) be scattered over (an area)

  "churches dot the countryside"

• place a dot over (a letter)

  "you need to dot the i"

• mark (a note or rest) to show that the time value is increased by half

  "you can turn a reel into a hornpipe by slowing it down a bit and dotting the quavers"

"‘You want to dot him one,’ he said"