totes
[ tohts ]
/ toʊts /
|
adverb Informal.
totally: That's totes awesome!
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Nearby words
totalizer, totally, totally ordered set, totaquine, totara, totes, tote bag, tote board, tote box, tote road, totem
Origin of totes
by shortening and alteration
Definition for totes (2 of 4)
tote
1[ toht ]
/ toʊt /
verb (used with object), tot·ed, tot·ing.
to carry, as on one's back or in one's arms: to tote a bundle.
to carry on one's person: to tote a gun.
to transport or convey, as on a vehicle or boat.
noun
Origin of tote
1An Americanism dating back to 1670–80; origin uncertain
Related formstot·a·ble, tote·a·ble, adjectivetot·er, noun
Definition for totes (3 of 4)
tote
2[ toht ]
/ toʊt /
verb (used with object), tot·ed, tot·ing.
Informal. to add up; total.
Origin of tote
2Definition for totes (4 of 4)
tote
3[ toht ]
/ toʊt /
noun Informal.
a totalizator.
Origin of tote
3First recorded in 1890–95; by shortening
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Examples from the Web for totes
British Dictionary definitions for totes (1 of 3)
totes
/ (təʊts) /
adverb
British slang totally; completely; entirelyThat is totes amazing.
Word Origin for totes
shortening of totally
British Dictionary definitions for totes (2 of 3)
tote
/ (təʊt) informal /
verb
(tr) to carry, convey, or drag
noun
the act of or an instance of toting
something toted
Derived Formstoter, noun
Word Origin for tote
C17: of obscure origin
British Dictionary definitions for totes (3 of 3)
Tote
/ (təʊt) /
noun
the Tote (sometimes not capital) trademark short for totalizator (def. 1), totalizator (def. 2)
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Word Origin and History for totes
tote
"to carry," 1670s, of unknown origin; originally attested in Virginia, but OED discounts the popular theory of its origin in a W.African language (cf. Kikongo tota "pick up," Kimbundu tuta "carry, load," related to Swahili tuta "pile up, carry"). Related: Toted; toting. Tote bag is first recorded 1900.
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