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tot

1  [tot] ,
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–noun
1. a small child.
2. Chiefly British. a small portion of a beverage, esp. a dram of liquor.
3. a small quantity of anything.
Origin:
1680–90; perh. short for totterer

tot

2  [tot] ,verb, tot⋅ted, tot⋅ting, noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to add; total (often fol. by up).
–noun
2. a total.
3. the act of adding.
4. British Informal. a column of numbers to be added.
Origin:
1745–55; < L: so much, so many

tot.

 
total.
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tot 1   (tŏt)   
n.  
  1. A small child.
  2. A small amount, as of liquor.

[Origin unknown.]
tot 2   (tŏt)   
tr.v.   tot·ted, tot·ting, tots
To total: totted up the bill.
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Tot

Tot\, n. [L.] Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.

Tot

Tot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Totted; p. pr. & vb. n. Totting.]

1. To mark with the word "tot"; as, a totted debt. See Tot, n.

2. [Cf. Total.] To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to total; -- often with up. [Colloq., Eng.]

The last two tot up the bill. --Thackeray.

Tot

Tot\, n. [Cf. Toddle, Tottle, Totter.]

1. Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.

2. A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint. [Prov.Eng.] --Halliwell.

3. A foolish fellow. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Language Translation for : tot
Spanish: niñito, nene, chiquitín,
German: der Knirps,
Japanese: 小児
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tot  (1)
"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").

tot  (2)
"to reckon up," 1760, from tot (n.), first recorded 1690, short for total.
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TOT
  1. time of travel
  2. time over target
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