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