1
: a small child
2
: a small drink or allowance of liquor : shot
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Verb
tot up the prices of the individual pieces and see if buying the whole set makes more sense
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
Since his debut on the national scene as a tot scampering through in the White House — a symbol of the Kennedy administration’s youthful energy — he’d been relentlessly documented.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
Medics showed up and found little Aron in the throes of an apparent opioid overdose and the tot’s mother told an EMT fentanyl was present inside.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
The tot was pictured smiling from ear to ear while hanging out with Tony Stark and his dad at Disneyland Resort.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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Noun
About a dozen tots strapped up in their floor length aprons, eager to get messy in the garden, on a brisk winter Texas morning.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Feb. 2026
Since his debut on the national scene as a tot scampering through in the White House — a symbol of the Kennedy administration’s youthful energy — he’d been relentlessly documented.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
Medics showed up and found little Aron in the throes of an apparent opioid overdose and the tot’s mother told an EMT fentanyl was present inside.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
The tot was pictured smiling from ear to ear while hanging out with Tony Stark and his dad at Disneyland Resort.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Tot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tot. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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