Dictionary Definition
tot
Noun
1 a small amount (especially of a drink); "a tot
of rum"
2 a young child [syn: toddler, yearling, bambino] v : determine the sum
of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring
town" [syn: total,
tot up,
sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add
together, tally,
add up]
[also: totting, totted]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun
- A small child.
- He learned to run when he was just a tot.
- A measure of spirits,
especially rum.
- Quotations
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- 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa - Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.
- 1916: Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party - And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.
Translations
A small child
- Finnish: napero, pikkulapsi
A measure of spirits, especially rum
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
from totusAdjective
Crimean Tatar
Dutch
Pronunciation
Derived terms
German
Etymology
tōt, akin to Old Saxon dōd.Related terms
See also
Latin
Etymology
From totusNumeral
- so many
Old High German
Adjective
tōtRomanian
Declension
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
add,
bairn, beverage, bumper, cast, cherub, child, chit, darling, draft, dram, drench, drink, drop, figure, foot, gulp, guzzle, innocent, jolt, kid, kitten, lamb, lambkin, lap, libation, little bugger, little
fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little
tot, mite, nip, nipper, offspring, peewee, peg, portion, potation, pull, quaff, shaver, shot, sip, slug, slurp, snifter, snort, suck, sum, summate, sup, swig, swill, tad, total, tote, wee tot