tot

«tot» in Mova's school dictionary: A very small child, a toddler — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a tot, tots); verb (tot up, tots up, totted up, totting up)

meaning for a pupil

1) A very small child, a toddler. tree →

2) A small amount of an alcoholic drink, like a tot of rum (old, sailors). tree →

3) (UK) tot up: to add up numbers to find a total. tree →

sense in the lessons

An everyday word: «tiny tots» classes for toddlers, «a play area for tots». In sea stories sailors got a daily tot of rum. In maths at home: «Let's tot up the shopping» means add it up. In The Wind in the Willows field-mice carollers are small and young, like tots.

examples

• The tiny tots played in the sandpit. tree →
• The swimming class is for tots under three. tree →
• Let's tot up how much we spent. tree →
• Sailors once got a tot of rum every day. tree →
• She totted up the scores at the end. tree →
• The park has a safe area for tots. tree →
• She drew them when she should have been totting up. tree →

note

Countable noun «tots». Verb «tot up» is British and informal: totted, totting (double t). In maths «tot up» = add up to find the total.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tot» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.