totting

UK: /ˈtɒtɪŋ/

From the verb tot: (⇒ conjugate)

totting is: ⓘ

v pres p

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totting / ˈtɒtɪŋ/ noun

1. the practice of searching through rubbish for usable or saleable items

Etymology: 19th Century: of unknown origin

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

tot¹ /tɑt/   n. [countable]

1. a small child.
2. British Terms a small portion, as of liquor.

tot² /tɑt/   v., tot•ted, tot•ting, n. 
v. 

1. Mathematics tot up, to add;
   total: [no object]
   The numbers totted up.
   [~ + up + object]
   He totted up the numbers.
   [~ + object + up]
   He totted the numbers up.

n. [countable]

2. Mathematics a total.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tot¹ (tot),  n. 

1. a small child.
2. [Chiefly Brit.] a small portion of a beverage, esp. a dram of liquor.
3. a small quantity of anything.

• perh. short for totterer 1680–90

tot² (tot),  v., tot•ted, tot•ting, n. 

v.t., v.i. 

1. to add;
   total (often fol. by up).

n. 

2. a total.
3. the act of adding.
4. [Brit. Informal.] a column of numbers to be added.

• Latin: so much, so many
• 1745–55

tot. 

1. total.

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tot / tɒt/ noun

1. a young child; toddler
2. a small amount of anything
3. a small measure of spirits

Etymology: 18th Century: perhaps short for totterer; see totter

tot / tɒt/ verb (tots, totting, totted)

1. (usually followed by up) to total; add

Etymology: 17th Century: shortened from total or from Latin totum all