tot

Other forms of tot

plural

tots·

past tense or participle

totted

present participle

totting

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tot

What does tot mean?

tot means "a small amount (especially of a drink)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tot?

tot has 1 syllable: tot. In IPA it is /ˈtɑt/.

What is another word for tot?

Close synonyms include toddler, yearling, bambino, total, tot up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tot a common word?

tot is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.