tot.
A small child.
Meaning & usage
A small child.
He learned to run when he was just a tot.
A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
Ellipsis of tater tot.
A small cup, usually made of tin.
A foolish fellow.
Where this word comes from
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”).
To sum or total.
To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of total (“to sum”).
A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of total (“to sum”).
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