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tot

UK/tɒt/ US/tɑt/ uncommon obsolete uk
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a small amount (especially of a drink)

  • “a tot of rum”
2.

verb

1.

determine the sum of

  • “Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”
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Origin

Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from totter (“to move in an unsteady way”), Compare tottle, also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”).

Phrases

  • tot lot
  • tot up

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