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tots

tots is the plural of tot.

Meaning of tot

Noun (1)

tot (plural tots)

  1. A small child.
    • He learned to run when he was just a tot.
    Synonyms:
    toddler
  2. A small amount of liquor, (particularly) a small measure of rum.
    • Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.1897, Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa
    Synonyms:
    nip
  3. (Barbados) A small cup, usually made of tin.
  4. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A foolish fellow.
    • Whoe answeared like a toute, or a maddman, as he was, that he was for the Kinge.a. 1660, A Contemporary History Of Affairs In Ireland

Noun (2)

tot (plural tots)

  1. A total, an addition of a long column of figures.

See all 7 meanings of tot

Noun capitalized: TOTs

TOTs

  1. (plural) plural of TOT

Phrases with tots

Questions about tots

What is tots the plural of?
Tots is the plural of tot.
What part of speech is tots?
Tots is a noun.

Words near tots in the dictionary

  1. Totos
  2. Totozoquean
  3. TOTP
  4. TOTPs
  5. totread
  6. tots
  7. tots up
  8. totsicle
  9. totsicles
  10. TOTSO
  11. tottari

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tots (page history and authors); TOTs (page history and authors); tot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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