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tot I. \ˈtät, usu -äd.+V\ transitive verb (totted ; totted ; totting ; tots) Etymology: Middle English totten, from the Latin word tot (marked on the list) archaic : to mark (an item on a list) with a tot II. noun (-s) Etymology: Latin tot so much, so many; akin to Greek tosos so great, so many, Sanskrit tati so many, Latin istud, neuter demonstrative pron. & adjective — more at that : the word tot or letter T written against an item on a list to indicate receipt of a specified amount III. noun (-s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. : a small child : toddler < from tiny tots in kindergarten to the oldest pupil — F.T.Williams > 2. a. : a small glass or mug; especially : a British soldier's drinking cup b. : a small quantity or allowance especially of an alcoholic beverage : drink, shot < ladles out generous tots of … whiskey punch — J.S.Bradford > < poured his cup, smuggling in a good tot of … rum — Willa Cather > < not all jack-tars take grog; many prefer money instead of their tot — Luis Marden > IV. verb (totted ; totted ; totting ; tots) Etymology: tot, abbreviation transitive verb : to add together : summarize, total < now your account is totted — John Masefield > — usually used with up < the waiter … totted up the bill — Virginia Woolf > < Clubs began totting up attendance records for the 12 months — Rotarian > < totted up exactly how far he had gone since he first entered … journalism — English Digest > intransitive verb : to come to a total : indicate a result : add < intelligence reports all totted up one way — Scribner's > V. noun (-s) chiefly Britain : an exercise in addition : column of figures : sum < an oriental clerk, faced by a simple long tot — Bryan Morgan > VI. \ˈtät\ Scotland variant of tote III VII. intransitive verb (totted ; totted ; totting ; tots) Etymology: probably short for totter (I) dialect Britain : to move unsteadily : toddle, totter VIII. abbreviation total |