tot

Meanings

1. A small child.
2. A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
3. Ellipsis of tater tot.
4. A small cup, usually made of tin.
5. A foolish fellow.

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

1. A total, an addition of a long column of figures.

1. Initialism of Trail of Tears.

1. Initialism of tip of the tongue.
2. Initialism of turnover tax.
3. Initialism of transfer of technology.
4. Initialism of time over target
5. Initialism of time on target

Etymology

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”).