tot

Meanings

Noun

• A small child.
• A measure of spirits, especially rum.
• tater tot.
• A foolish fellow.
• A total, an addition of a long column of figures.

Verb

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum, of uncertain origin. Compare totter, tottle. Compare also Old Norse tottr, Swedish tutte, Danish tommeltot.