tot

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

tot, n. [Cf. Toddle, Tottle, Totter.].

•  Anything small; -- frequently applied as a term of endearment to a little child.  [1913 Webster]
•  A drinking cup of small size, holding about half a pint.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]
•  A foolish fellow.  Halliwell.  [1913 Webster]

tot, n. [L.].

 Lit., so much; -- a term used in the English exchequer to indicate that a debt was good or collectible for the amount specified, and often written opposite the item.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

tot, v. t. 

•  To mark with the word “tot”; as, a totted debt. See Tot, n.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
•  To add; to count; to make up the sum of; to total; -- often with up.

  "The last two tot up the bill."  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tot, n.
1 a small child (a tiny tot).
2 a dram of liquor.

tot, v. & n.
--v. (totted, totting)
1 tr. (usu. foll. by up) add (figures etc.).
2 intr. (foll. by up) (of items) mount up.
--n. Brit. archaic a set of figures to be added.

Idiom

totting-up
1 the adding of separate items.
2 Brit. the adding of convictions for driving offences to cause disqualification. tot up to amount to.

tot, v. & n. Brit. sl.
--v.intr. (totted, totting) collect saleable items from refuse as an occupation.
--n. an article collected from refuse.

Etymology

19th c.: orig. unkn.

THESAURUS

tot

add, bairn, beverage, bumper, cast, cherub, child, chit, darling, draft, dram, drench, drink, drop, figure, foot, gulp, guzzle, innocent, jolt, kid, kitten, lamb, lambkin, lap, libation, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mite, nip, nipper, offspring, peewee, peg, portion, potation, pull, quaff, shaver, shot, sip, slug, slurp, snifter, snort, suck, sum, summate, sup, swig, swill, tad, total, tote, wee tot