tot
A small childA small child.
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» I'll make some tater tots for the kids.
Ich mache ein paar Kartoffelbällchen für die Kleinen. — raggione
Я зроблю дітям картопляних кульок. — deniko
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Examples
9 sentencesMeaning
5 sensesA small child.
He learned to run when he was just a tot.
малы́шmalýš
маля́maljá, малю́кmaljúk
A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
стопкаstopka
ча́ркаčárka
a small amount (especially of a drink)
(Barbados)A small cup, usually made of tin.
More meanings 2
A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete)A foolish fellow.
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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