"tot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɒt/ [UK], /tɑt/ [US] Audio: en-us-tot.ogg [US], en-uk-tot.ogg [UK] Forms: tots [plural]
enPR: tŏt Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin. Compare totter, tottle. Compare also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|tot}} Scots tot, {{m|sco|totum||small child; tot}} totum (“small child; tot”), {{m|en|totter}} totter, {{m|en|tottle}} tottle, {{cog|non|tottr|t=name of a dwarf}} Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), {{cog|sv|tutte|t=small child}} Swedish tutte (“small child”), {{cog|da|tommeltot|t=little child}} Danish tommeltot (“little child”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tot (plural tots)
  1. A small child. Translations (small child): малчуган (malčugan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), infant [masculine] (Catalan), capart [masculine] (Czech), škvrně [neuter] (Czech), prcek [masculine] (Czech), napero (Finnish), pikkulapsi (Finnish), tout-petit [masculine] (French), meniño (Galician), bambino [masculine] (Italian), brzdąc (Polish), berbeć [masculine] (Polish), малы́ш (malýš) [masculine] (Russian), infante (Spanish), маля́ (maljá) (Ukrainian), малю́к (maljúk) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tot-en-noun-i3sdiKBH Disambiguation of 'small child': 92 4 0 4 0
  2. A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum. Synonyms (small amount of liquor): nip Translations (measure of spirits): glop [masculine] (Catalan), tujaus (Finnish), fechiña [feminine] (Galician), parva [feminine] (Galician), porzione [feminine] (Italian), tot [masculine] (Italian), стопка (stopka) [feminine] (Russian), ча́рка (čárka) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-tot-en-noun-0KWqFBot Disambiguation of 'small amount of liquor': 8 79 2 10 1 Disambiguation of 'measure of spirits': 0 44 18 13 25
  3. Ellipsis of tater tot. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: tater tot Categories (topical): Children, Units of measure
    Sense id: en-tot-en-noun-qodyANDu Disambiguation of Children: 14 2 41 20 13 1 0 10 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 2 12 38 18 4 10 1 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 50 24 6 3 1 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 3 62 14 5 4 1 10
  4. (Barbados) A small cup, usually made of tin. Tags: Barbados
    Sense id: en-tot-en-noun-J97eCNTW Categories (other): Barbadian English
  5. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A foolish fellow. Tags: UK, dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Age, People
    Sense id: en-tot-en-noun-yELXxRqW Disambiguation of Age: 0 1 22 13 59 0 0 6 Disambiguation of People: 31 1 13 9 42 0 0 4 Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prostitot, tot lot
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɒt/ [UK], /tɑt/ [US] Audio: en-us-tot.ogg [US], en-uk-tot.ogg [UK] Forms: tots [plural]
enPR: tŏt Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: Clipping of total (“to sum”) Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|total||to sum}} Clipping of total (“to sum”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tot (plural tots)
  1. A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
    Sense id: en-tot-en-noun-fZjp9HSi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /tɒt/ [UK], /tɑt/ [US] Audio: en-us-tot.ogg [US], en-uk-tot.ogg [UK] Forms: tots [present, singular, third-person], totting [participle, present], totted [participle, past], totted [past]
enPR: tŏt Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: Clipping of total (“to sum”) Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|total||to sum}} Clipping of total (“to sum”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} tot (third-person singular simple present tots, present participle totting, simple past and past participle totted)
  1. To sum or total.
    Sense id: en-tot-en-verb-uVKEnrtS
  2. (UK, historical) To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified. Tags: UK, historical
    Sense id: en-tot-en-verb-vBg7~6hw Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tot up
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "tout-petit"
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          "sense": "small child",
          "word": "meniño"
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          "sense": "small child",
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          "_dis1": "92 4 0 4 0",
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          "_dis1": "92 4 0 4 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "small child",
          "word": "infante"
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          "_dis1": "92 4 0 4 0",
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          "word": "маля́"
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          "word": "малю́к"
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          "ref": "1897, Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa",
          "text": "Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party",
          "text": "And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.",
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        }
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        "A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum."
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          "word": "nip"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "glop"
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          "_dis1": "0 44 18 13 25",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "word": "tujaus"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "parva"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "porzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 44 18 13 25",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "0 44 18 13 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stopka",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "стопка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 44 18 13 25",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čárka",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "word": "ча́рка"
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        "A small cup, usually made of tin."
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          "_dis": "0 1 22 13 59 0 0 6",
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          "ref": "a. 1660, A Contemporary History Of Affairs In Ireland",
          "text": "Whoe answeared like a toute, or a maddman, as he was, that he was for the Kinge.",
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        "A foolish fellow."
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        "(UK, dialect, obsolete) A foolish fellow."
      ],
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          "text": "There are, of course, many ways to proceed from here, the most likely being that you, as an experienced tradesman, would simply know what these amounts come to (in terms of groups of ten) and can tot them up in your head.",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "small child",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "small child",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small child",
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      "sense": "small child",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "uk",
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