tot
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2.2
- noun
- /tɑt/
- Informal
:
niño pequeño
- I was just a little tot when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.
- toy for a tot
- mom and tot
- tiny tots
My dad books concert, so I got to be running around backstage as a little tot.
- My dad books concert, so I got to be running around backstage as a little tot.
Examples
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Two interactive tours called "Tot Time" were designed especially for preschool children ages 2-5.
Academic text (2006) -
Seems to be a very energetic little tot.
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I was just a little tot going through that, you know.
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Are you going to travel with a tot over the holidays?
Blog text (2) -
Oh yeah, one must not forget that these little tots eventually grow up.
Blog text (8) -
Here come the little tots.
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The last time dear Abe sent me a photograph... you were just a tiny tot.
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Help your youngest tots paint and create wall-worthy art with some black glue.
Blog text (18) -
That's a lotta toys for a lotta tots.
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The little girl ran around the park as her mother watched her energetic tot play.
Synonyms
171
1.0
A young child who has just started to walk, usually one to three years old
9
8.0
A young child who is just starting to walk
4
8.2
A young child who crawls or is learning to walk
1
9.9
A very small person, often a child
A very small child
Antonyms
Compounds
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tot for a small child once meant a 'small thing', so calling a child a tot is like calling them a little one, and that is why it means a very young child.