TOT


Meaning of TOT in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.