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totes

American  
[tohts] / toʊts /

adverb

Informal.
  1. totally.

    That's totes awesome!


totes British  
/ təʊts /

adverb

  1. slang totally; completely; entirely

    That is totes amazing.

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of totes

By shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

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I used a mix of the Iris Weathertight Totes and HDX Tough Storage Totes, but our guide includes additional options to manage your mess.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

I’ve moved a lot, and each time I’ve picked up a few more of these classic 18-gallon Rubbermaid Roughneck Storage Totes to supplement moving boxes.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2018

Totes embarrassed but trying to be a grown up.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2016

Here the book is called Heaven is Totes for Realz, and the adults get a little uncomfortable when the kid says he met Hitler and Jeffrey Dahmer in the hereafter.

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2015

They began to grow anxious, for they were to have lunched at Totes, and now they despaired of reaching that place before night.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories by Maupassant, Guy de

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