Definition of tot
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Recent Examples of tot from the Web
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A Florida woman and her mother are accused of beating a 3-year-old boy with a plastic rod before throwing him across a room, all because the tot drank milk from a jug, authorities said.
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Crispy avocado samosas, oysters on the half shell, and tater-tots smothered with cheddar cheese.
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Hundreds of eating contests involving watermelons, pies, cinnamon rolls, tater tots, ice cream, banana splits, pizza, cupcakes, chicken wings, burritos and pickled eggs will be held all over America on the Fourth.
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Test Results: Acceleration Ride, Handling, and Steering Family karaoke contests and sleeping tots will be undisturbed thanks to the Sienna’s comfortable ride on smooth surfaces.
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Outside, the 16,107-square-foot La Villa Contenta has more sitting areas for relaxation, work and watching the tots play.
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Enjoy this twist on the bushwacker paired with Anchor's tater tots and take in the view of Hudson Marina and the sunset.
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That plus tots and a soft serve or float, and I’m set.
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Ours were cooked to the point of almost being burned, which gave them a wonderfully crisp texture; soggy tots are the worst.
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Origin and Etymology of tot
origin unknown
tot
Definition of tot
totted
;totting
Recent Examples of tot from the Web
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In the photo, the woman is indeed toting bags of spaghetti with red sauce.
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There are bubbly cocktails to serve your friends, sexy beaches to jet off to, and jaunty summer totes galore.
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Additionally, Lars Ulrich was standing up there alongside a guitar-toting Cooper, filming the musical proceedings with a camera.
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One of those two buses that arrived at the UW simultaneously at 8:55 — and was subsequently swamped with backpack-toting summer Amazonians — was one of the additional buses that Metro added to the route Wednesday.
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View Slideshow Last weekend’s annual Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C., attracted tens of thousands of LGBTQ supporters toting rainbow flags and anti-Trump paraphernalia.
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View Slideshow Last weekend’s annual Capital Pride Parade in Washington, D.C., attracted tens of thousands of LGBTQ supporters toting rainbow flags and anti-Trump paraphernalia.
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A Detective Novels Magazine cover from October 1943 shows a gun-toting gangster clutching a woman who has swooned in a dead faint.
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By this point, the surrounding area was being flooded by gun-toting police — who make up a small fraction of London's largely unarmed force.
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Origin and Etymology of tot
tot., abbreviation of total
TOT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of tot for English Language Learners
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: a young child
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: a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
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