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noun

a small child.

Chiefly British. a small portion of a beverage, especially a dram of liquor.

a small quantity of anything.

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Origin:
1680–90; perhaps short for totterer

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to add; total (often followed by up).

noun

a total.

the act of adding.

British Informal. a column of numbers to be added.

Origin:
1745–55; < Latin: so much, so many

Related forms

un·tot·ted, adjective

total.

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tot¹ (tɒt)

—n
1.	a young child; toddler
2.	chiefly (Brit) a small amount of anything
3.	a small measure of spirits

[C18: perhaps short for totterer; see totter]

tot² (tɒt)

—vb , tots, totting, totted
	chiefly (Brit) (usually foll by up) to total; add

[C17: shortened from total or from Latin totum all]

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Word Origin & History

tot

"little child," 1725, Scottish, of uncertain origin, perhaps a shortened form of totter, or related to O.N. tottr, nickname of a dwarf (cf. Swed. tutte "little child," Dan. tommel-tot "little child," in which the first element means "thumb").

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tot

"to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.), first recorded 1690, short for total.

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