tot

Meaning

Noun

1. A small child.
2. A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of tater tot.
4. (Barbados) A small cup, usually made of tin.
5. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A foolish fellow.

Verb

1. To sum or total.
2. (UK, historical) To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.

Synonyms

toddler

baby

👶

sum

add up

kid

🧒

total

infant

add

tot up

add together

summate

sum up

tally

child

🧒

tote up

bambino

son

daughter

yearling

children

amount

babe

boy

👦

chit

descendant

drib

foot

🦶

little one

number

🔢

progeny

small fry

splash

spot

tad

foot up

totalize

young child

Translations

Knirps

γουλιά

sommare

bimbetto

Kerlchen

nene

sumar

bambin

nourrisson

gosse

🧒

μικρούλι

additionner

bambino

🧒

Kind

🧒

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɒt/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse: tottr

Cognate with Swedish: tutte

Cognate with Danish: tommeltot

In summary

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”).