[tɒt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a very young child
(e.g: dancing classes for tiny tots)

- a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink such as whisky or brandy
(e.g: a tot of brandy)



Phrases:

Origin:
early 18th century (originally dialect): of unknown origin

[tɒt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- add up numbers or amounts
(e.g: she totted up some figures)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: from archaic tot ‘set of figures to be added up’, abbreviation of total or of Latin totum ‘the whole’

[tɒt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps
(e.g: there was only a bent figure of a man totting among the refuse)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: from slang tot ‘bone’, of unknown origin