tot

Plural: tots

Noun

a small amount (especially of a drink)
- "a tot of rum"
a young child
A small child.
A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
Ellipsis of tater tot.
A small cup, usually made of tin.
A foolish fellow.
A total, an addition of a long column of figures.

Verb

Verb Forms: totted, totting, tots

To add up or calculate a total sum.
determine the sum of
To sum or total.
To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.

Examples

He learned to run when he was just a tot.
You need to TOT up your points carefully to ensure victory in this Words With Friends game.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin, perhaps shortened from totter (“to move in an unsteady way”),
Compare tottle, also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”).

Synonyms

add, add together, add up, bambino, sum, sum up, summate, tally, toddler, tot up, total, tote up, yearling, nip

Scrabble Score: 3

tot: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
tot: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tot: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 3

tot: valid Words With Friends Word