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Added 9 October 2026

tot

/tɒt/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about tot at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A small amount (especially of a drink).
a tot of rum
A young child.

verb

Determine the sum of.
Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town

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”).

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