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Tot

//tɑt// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of Trail of Tears. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    A small child.

    "He learned to run when he was just a tot."

  2. 2
    A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
  3. 3
    Initialism of tip of the tongue. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

    "When experiencing a TOT, people not only retrieve a blocked word's sound and meaning; they also know some of its grammatical properties."

  4. 4
    a young child who is just beginning to walk wordnet
  5. 5
    A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.

    "Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets."

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  1. 6
    Initialism of turnover tax. Kenya, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  2. 7
    a small amount (especially of a drink) wordnet
  3. 8
    Ellipsis of tater tot. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
  4. 9
    Initialism of transfer of technology. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  5. 10
    A small cup, usually made of tin. Barbados
  6. 11
    Initialism of time over target abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. 12
    A foolish fellow. UK, dialectal, obsolete

    "Whoe answeared like a toute, or a maddman, as he was, that he was for the Kinge."

  8. 13
    Initialism of time on target abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To sum or total.

    "There are, of course, many ways to proceed from here, the most likely being that you, as an experienced tradesman, would simply know what these amounts come to (in terms of groups of ten) and can tot them up in your head."

  2. 2
    determine the sum of wordnet
  3. 3
    To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified. UK, historical

    "a totted debt"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from totter (“to move in an unsteady way”), Compare tottle, also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”).

Etymology 2

Clipping of total (“to sum”).

Etymology 3

Clipping of total (“to sum”).

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