I. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
tiny
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It overturned after hitting a car, shattering the incubator which was keeping tiny tot Victoria Elliot alive.
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But neither expansion is planned to include anything but rides and exhibits and car-driving training schools for tiny tots .
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Sources close to Bel say the tiny tot looks just like mom ... right down to the dark sunglasses.
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This delightful, animated musical will enchant tiny tots but hopefully they will also see its serious side.
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A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities.
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Bookies are the spirits, the tots of rum.
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But neither expansion is planned to include anything but rides and exhibits and car-driving training schools for tiny tots.
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But others say parents have become overly eager when it comes to teaching tots about technology.
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Imagine all the trouble hordes of tots and teenagers can get into with nothing to do all day but hang around.
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The tot , aged five months, had been suffering breathing difficulties.
II. verb
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■ ADVERB
up
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At the end of the year they will tot up hours spent on others' farms and bill each other accordingly.
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At the moment, you get an automatic ban as soon as you tot up 12 points.
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The scale gives life events a numerical score so you can tot up your own personal stress rating.
■ NOUN
gun
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He was toting the gun for a purpose - to shoot her through the head or knock her unconscious, or both.
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A small army of men toting machine guns stood at the gate, which slowly swung open in front of us.
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At the end of the year they will tot up hours spent on others' farms and bill each other accordingly.
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At the moment, you get an automatic ban as soon as you tot up 12 points.
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The scale gives life events a numerical score so you can tot up your own personal stress rating.