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# tot

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

«tot» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A very small child, a toddler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#m1)
2. A small amount of an alcoholic drink, like a tot of rum (old, sailors). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#m2)
3. (UK) tot up: to add up numbers to find a total. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x1)
- The swimming class is for tots under three. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x2)
- Let's tot up how much we spent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x3)
- Sailors once got a tot of rum every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x4)
- She totted up the scores at the end. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x5)
- The park has a safe area for tots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x6)
- She drew them when she should have been totting up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tot/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tot» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tot.html) on Mova free.