Meaning
5 sensesA small child.
He learned to run when he was just a tot.
малы́шmalýš
маля́maljá, малю́кmaljúk
a small amount (especially of a drink)
A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
стопкаstopka
ча́ркаčárka
(Barbados)A small cup, usually made of tin.
A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)A foolish fellow.
Examples
9 sentencesI'll make some tater tots for the kids.
Я зроблю дітям картопляних кульок. — deniko
deIch mache ein paar Kartoffelbällchen für die Kleinen. — raggione
The tot still liked baby food.
Lorenzo reported the truck tot he police.
Ziri was very close tot he camp site.
The little tot ebulliently ran to her new toy.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origBorrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from totter (“to move in an unsteady way”),
Clipping of total (“to sum”).
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