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tot

tot

20 3.5
Small fried pieces of potato often served as a snack
  • noun
  • /tɑt/
  • US
translation icon : tater tot
  • I made you Mom's signature Tater Tot breakfast pizza.
  • tater tots
  • potato tots
  • tater tot casserole

And since it's Minnesota, both of those meals are tater tots.

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Examples

  • Except for the stinging of snow on my left ear, I was pretty comfy and laid there for a while thinking about my childhood and fresh, delicious tater tots, fresh out of the oven, with just a bit of ketchup on them.

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  • And is life even worth living in a world without tater tots?

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  • Is that a tater tot?

  • Napoleon, give me some of your Tots.

  • I do like Tater Tots.

  • The only acceptable forms of potatoes are fries or tots.

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  • This was BBQ chicken, tater tots, and pickles battered and deep fried.

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  • We have tater tots, grilled cheese, chips, guacamole, salsa, and fries.

  • Those of us teaching at the elementary level are fully reacquainted with the familiar sounds of school bells, laughing children, and bus engines, and the familiar smells of new erasers, floor wax, and tater tots.

    Academic text (2015)
  • I ordered a plate of tots to enjoy with my burger.

Synonyms

tidbit
vstot
  • US
5 3.6

A small tasty piece of food to eat

is a small potato snack shaped like a ball or cube

Compounds

tot lot
  • US
1 4.9

A small outdoor playground for very young children, especially toddlers

How Bite-Sized

tot
  • US
20 3.5
croquette
6 6.0

Surface Forms

tot singular
tots plural

Etymology

The word tots for small potato pieces comes from the idea of a tot as a 'small piece', as in the name 'tater tots', so a tot is a tiny bite of potato.