tot

[tot]

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noun

a small child.
Chiefly British. a small portion of a beverage, especially a dram of liquor.
a small quantity of anything.

Origin of tot

1680–90; perhaps short for totterer

tot

[tot]

verb (used with or without object), tot·ted, tot·ting.

to add; total (often followed by up).

noun

a total.
the act of adding.
British Informal. a column of numbers to be added.

Origin of tot

1745–55; < Latin: so much, so many

Related formsun·tot·ted, adjective

tot.

total.

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Related Words for tot

juvenile, bairn, sprout, infant, newborn, descendant, offspring, lamb, mite, adolescent, progeny, tyke, imp, youngster, innocent, squirt, issue, minor, teenager, teen

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Contemporary Examples of tot

Here's hoping Pauly D waits a few years before popping his tot in a tanning bed.
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Culture Team
October 23, 2013
Charles et al didn't just tot up how much members of each racial group spent.
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Megan McArdle
March 13, 2013

Historical Examples of tot

But so it is,—tot genera hominum,—so many kinds of whist-players are there!
Barrington
Charles James Lever
As soon as the men came on board, a tot of grog was served out, all round.
Held Fast For England
G. A. Henty
I drank a very little—the first and last "tot" I took during the battle.
Attack
Edward G. D. Liveing
Anna is so fond of Tot, that she will not let a cat come into the room where he is.
The Nursery, September 1877, Vol. XXII, No. 3
Various
The curate took the coffee but refused the tot, although the non-com.
Camp Fire Yarns of the Lost Legion
G. Hamilton-Browne

British Dictionary definitions for tot

tot

noun

a young child; toddler
mainly British a small amount of anything
a small measure of spirits

Word Origin for tot

C18: perhaps short for totterer; see totter

tot

verb tots, totting or totted

(usually foll by up) mainly British to total; add

Word Origin for tot

C17: shortened from total or from Latin totum all

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Word Origin and History for tot

"little child," 1725, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of totter, or related to Old Norse tottr, nickname of a dwarf (cf. Swedish tutte "little child," Danish tommel-tot "little child," in which the first element means "thumb").

"to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.), first recorded 1680s, short for total.