tot
noun
[ tɒt ]
• a very young child.
• "dancing classes for tiny tots"
Similar:
baby,
babe,
infant,
toddler,
newborn,
tiny tot,
child,
little one,
mite,
bairn,
wean,
sprog,
young 'un,
rug rat,
neonate,
• a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky or brandy.
• "a tot of brandy"
Similar:
dram,
small measure,
drink,
nip,
slug,
drop,
draught,
swallow,
swig,
shot,
finger,
snifter,
libation,
Origin:
early 18th century (originally dialect): of unknown origin.
tot
verb
• add up numbers or amounts.
• "she totted up some figures"
Similar:
add,
total,
sum,
count,
calculate,
compute,
reckon,
enumerate,
tally,
work something out,
figure something out,
take stock of something,
quantify,
cast something up,
Origin:
mid 18th century: from archaic tot ‘set of figures to be added up’, abbreviation of total or of Latin totum ‘the whole’.
tot
verb
• salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.
• "there was only a bent figure of a man totting among the refuse"
Origin:
late 19th century: from slang tot ‘bone’, of unknown origin.
