tote
A tote bagA tote bag.
» Mary reached into her tote bag.
Meaning
6 sensesA tote bag.
Tragetasche, Einkaufstasche
су́мкаsúmka
a capacious bag or basket
A heavy burden.
Last
но́шаnóša, грузgruz
A kind of plastic box used for transporting goods.
The principal handle of a handplane, for gripping the plane.
Coordinate term: knob
(Australia, UK)A pari-mutuel machine; a totalizator.
Totalisator
(Australia, UK)Pari-mutuel betting.
Examples
4 sentencesMary reached into her tote bag.
Do you want a reconditioned or a remanufactured tote ?
If you're going to puke, do it in the tote bag.
I hate going shopping because you always make me tote around everything you buy.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
Possibly from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also GermanPossibly from Middle Low German tûte, tǖte (“horn, conical paper bag”), whence also German Tute (“horn, bugle”) and German Tüte (“bag, paper bag”). Compare also Scots tout (“drinking vessel”), Saterland Frisian Tüütje (“paper bag”), West Frisian tút (“spout, toot, kiss”), Dutch tuit (“horn, spout, nozzle”), Danish tud (“spout, nozzle”), Faroese strútur (“spout”), Icelandic stútur (“spout”), Norwegian and Swedish tut (“spout”), Old Norse tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, protrude”).
Clipping of totalizator.
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