Tot

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -É’t

Full definition of tot

Noun

1. A small child.He learned to run when he was just a tot.
2. A measure of spirits, especially rum.
• 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West AfricaThen I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.
• 1916: Siegfried Sassoon, The Working PartyAnd tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.
3. (UK, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.

Pronunciation

Shortening of total ("to sum")

Verb

1. To sum or total.

Derived terms

• tot up

Anagrams

• ott , Ott, OTT