tot¹

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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 tot¹

1680–90; perhaps short for totterer

tot²

[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 tot²

1745–55; < Latin: so much, so many

Related formsun·tot·ted, adjective

tot.

total.

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Examples from the Web for tot

Contemporary Examples

Here's hoping Pauly D waits a few years before popping his tot in a tanning bed.
‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ Feud Heats Up, Jeremy Piven May Be Delaying ‘Entourage’ Film
Culture Team
October 23, 2013
Charles et al didn't just tot up how much members of each racial group spent.
Why Don't Americans Save?
Megan McArdle
March 13, 2013

Historical Examples

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

tot¹

noun

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

Word Origin

C18: perhaps short for totterer; see totter

tot²

verb tots, totting or totted

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

Word Origin

C17: shortened from total or from Latin totum all

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Word Origin and History for tot

n.

"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").

v.

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

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Origin of tot2

tot.

Examples from the Web for tot

Contemporary Examples

Here's hoping Pauly D waits a few years before popping his tot in a tanning bed.

Charles et al didn't just tot up how much members of each racial group spent.

Historical Examples

But so it is,—tot genera hominum,—so many kinds of whist-players are there!

As soon as the men came on board, a tot of grog was served out, all round.

I drank a very little—the first and last "tot" I took during the battle.

Anna is so fond of Tot, that she will not let a cat come into the room where he is.

The curate took the coffee but refused the tot, although the non-com.

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