"tot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɒt/ [UK], /tɑt/ [US] Audio: en-us-tot.ogg , en-uk-tot.ogg Forms: tots [plural]
enPR: tŏt [US] Rhymes: -ɒt Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|tot}} Scots tot, {{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 43 17 15 24
  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 37 22 13 1 0 10 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 2 10 42 24 3 3 1 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 24 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 2 50 24 6 3 1 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 3 74 20 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 24 entries: 0 0 1 0 7 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 0 9 0 1 13 9 1 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 4 9 5 2 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0 0 8 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 10 0 1 17 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 10 6 1 1 7 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 6 53 23 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 2 4 53 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 4 53 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 4 54 23 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 6 65 24 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 2 4 54 23 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 4 64 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 5 52 25 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 4 64 26 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 5 59 32 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 2 4 53 25 16
  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 5 Disambiguation of People: 32 1 13 9 41 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 , en-uk-tot.ogg Forms: tots [plural]
enPR: tŏt [US] 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 , en-uk-tot.ogg Forms: tots [present, singular, third-person], totting [participle, present], totted [participle, past], totted [past]
enPR: tŏt [US] 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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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "text": "Death conditioning begins at eighteen months. Every tot spends two mornings a week in a Hospital for the Dying. All the best toys are kept there, and they get chocolate cream on death days.",
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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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1916, Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party:",
          "text": "And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
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          "sense": "measure of spirits",
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        {
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "porzione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 43 17 15 24",
          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "measure of spirits",
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          "_dis1": "0 43 17 15 24",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "stopka",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "0 43 17 15 24",
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          "roman": "čárka",
          "sense": "measure of spirits",
          "word": "ча́рка"
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        "A small cup, usually made of tin."
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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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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "US"
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      "homophone": "taught"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "taut (cot–caught merger)"
    }
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}

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  "word": "tot"
}

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