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tot

1 syllable · also totted, totting

Quick answer

As a noun, tot means a small child. As a verb, it means sum or total.

Meanings of tot

10 meanings

A small child.
“He learned to run when he was just a tot.”
A measure of spirits, especially rum.
barbadosA small cup, usually made of tin.
A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
A small amount (especially of a drink)
“a tot of rum”
A young child who is just beginning to walkperson
Similar: toddler, yearling, bambino

Older and rare meanings (1)

Ellipsis of tater tot

To sum or total.
Determine the sum of
“Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town”
Similar: total, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up

Older and rare meanings (1)

UKhistoricalTo mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.
“a totted debt”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).