tot

noun

🔊/tɒt/

🔊/tɑːt/

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(informal) a very young child幼儿
- TV programmes for tiny tots电视节目小玩意儿
Topics Life stagesc2
(especially British English) a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink in a glass小杯烈酒
- a tot of whisky一小杯威士忌

Word Originnoun early 18th cent. (originally dialect): of unknown origin.

verb

🔊/tɒt/

🔊/tɑːt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they tot	🔊/tɒt/ 🔊/tɑːt/
he / she / it tots	🔊/tɒts/ 🔊/tɑːts/
past simple totted	🔊/ˈtɒtɪd/ 🔊/ˈtɑːtɪd/
past participle totted	🔊/ˈtɒtɪd/ 🔊/ˈtɑːtɪd/
-ing form totting	🔊/ˈtɒtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈtɑːtɪŋ/

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Word Originverb mid 18th cent.: from archaic tot ‘set of figures to be added up’, abbreviation of total or of Latin totum ‘the whole’.