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piggyback
English
Alternative forms
- piggy-back
- piggy back
Etymology
A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.
Adjective
piggyback (not comparable)
- On somebody's back or shoulders.
- a piggyback ride
- Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.
- 1985, John H. Mahoney, Intermodal Freight Transportation
- Until this time the railroads had favored piggyback services […]
- 1985, John H. Mahoney, Intermodal Freight Transportation
- Attached or appended to something larger or more important.
- piggyback legislation
See also
- TOFC
Adverb
piggyback (not comparable)
- On somebody's back or shoulders.
- to ride piggyback
Synonyms
- (on somebody's back or shoulders): pooseback (some US dialects)
Translations
Verb
piggyback (third-person singular simple present piggybacks, present participle piggybacking, simple past and past participle piggybacked)
- (transitive) to carry someone on the back or shoulders.
- (transitive) To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2):
- Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Pat, I gotta tell you, you did a lot of things right with this lunch?kudos. You got back quickly, you showed initiative, and, best of all, you left plenty of room for improvement. Piggybacking on that last part, the ugly business of the critique.
- 2011 Allen Gregory, "1 Night in Gottlieb" (season 1, episode 2):
- (transitive, Internet) To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.
- (transitive, Internet) To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.
- (transitive) To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway waggon
- (transitive) To enter a secured area at the same time along with someone having authorized access; to tailgate
Translations
Noun
piggyback (plural piggybacks)
- A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.
- An act or instance of piggybacking.
See also
- piggyBac
References
- NY Times, article on wireless piggybacking
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tot
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Scots tot, a shortened form of totum (“small child; tot”), of uncertain origin. Compare totter, tottle. Compare also Old Norse tottr (“name of a dwarf”), Swedish tutte (“small child”), Danish tommeltot (“little child”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophones: taught, taut (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun
tot (plural tots)
- A small child.
- A measure of spirits, especially rum.
- 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa
- Then I give them a tot of rum apiece, as they sit huddled in their blankets.
- 1916: Siegfried Sassoon, The Working Party
- And tot of rum to send him warm to sleep.
- 1897: Mary H. Kingsley, Travels in West Africa
- tater tot.
- (Britain, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Translations
Etymology 2
Short for total (“to sum”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?t, IPA(key): /t?t/
Verb
tot (third-person singular simple present tots, present participle totting, simple past and past participle totted)
- To sum or total. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (Britain, historical) To mark (a debt) with the word tot (Latin for "so much"), indicating that it was good or collectible for the amount specified.
- a totted debt
Derived terms
- tot up
Noun
tot (plural tots)
- A total, an addition of a long column of figures.
Anagrams
- OTT, Ott, TTO, ott
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch tot, from Middle Dutch tot, t?te, from Old Dutch tote, toti (“to, until”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?t/
Conjunction
tot
- until
Preposition
tot
- until
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- totu
Noun
tot m (plural toteanj)
- old man
- grandfather
Synonyms
- (old man): mosh, bitãrnu, aush, pap
- (grandfather): ghiush, pap
See also
- babã
- omã
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan tot, from Latin t?tus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?tot/
- Rhymes: -ot
Adjective
tot (feminine tota, masculine plural tots, feminine plural totes)
- all
- Antonym: cap
Pronoun
tot
- everything
- Antonym: res
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “tot” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “tot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinook Jargon
Noun
tot
- uncle
Coordinate terms
- (with regard to gender): kwalh
Crimean Tatar
Noun
tot
- rust, corrosion
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin t?tus. Compare Romanian, Romansch, Occitan, and Catalan tot, Italian tutto, French tout, Spanish and Portuguese todo.
Adjective
tot (feminine tota, masculine plural to?)
- all
Pronoun
tot
- everything
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tot, t?te, from Old Dutch tote, toti (“to, until”), equivalent to toe + te. Compare Old Saxon t?te (“to, until”), Old Frisian tot (“until”), Old High German zuo ze.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?t/
- Hyphenation: tot
- Rhymes: -?t
Preposition
tot
- to, up to
- until
Inflection
Derived terms
- tot aan
- tot dan toe
- totdat
- tot en met
- tot nu toe
- tot op
- tot ziens
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tot
Conjunction
tot
- until, till
Anagrams
- o.t.t.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German t?t, from Old High German t?t (akin to Old Saxon d?d), from Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz. Compare Dutch dood, English dead, Danish død, Norwegian Nynorsk daud.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?t/
- Homophone: Tod
Adjective
tot (not comparable)
- dead, deceased
Declension
Derived terms
- mausetot
- scheintot
Related terms
- Tod m
Further reading
- “tot” in Duden online
Italian
Adjective
tot (invariable)
- so many
Noun
tot m (invariable)
- so much
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *toti, adverb from *só. Cognate with Sanskrit ??? (táti), Ancient Greek ????? (tósos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tot/, [t??t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tot/, [t??t?]
Determiner
tot (indeclinable)
- so many
Derived terms
- toti?ns/ toti?s
- totus
Related terms
References
- tot in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tot in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tot in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan tot, from Latin t?tus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tut/
Adjective
tot m (feminine singular tota, masculine plural tots, feminine plural totas)
- all
- each, every
- Synonym: cada
Derived terms
- totjorn
Pronoun
tot
- everything
Derived terms
- subretot
- sustot
Old French
Alternative forms
- tut
Etymology
From Latin t?tus.
Adjective
tot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular tote)
- all
Declension
Adverb
tot
- all; completely
Descendants
- Middle French: tout
- French: tout
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *daud, from Proto-Germanic *daudaz.
Adjective
t?t
- dead
Related terms
- t?d
Descendants
- Middle High German: t?t
- Alemannic German:
- Swabian: daod, dod
- Bavarian: doud
- Cimbrian: tòat
- Central Franconian: dut, dot
- Hunsrik: dot
- Luxembourgish: dout
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: duud
- Upper Saxon: [Term?]
- East Franconian: [Term?]
- German: tot
- Rhine Franconian: dut, dot
- Yiddish: ????? (toyt)
- Alemannic German:
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin t?tus.
Adjective
tot (nominative singular tuih)
- all
Descendants
- Catalan: tot
Romagnol
Pronoun
tot
- everyone
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin t?tus. Compare Aromanian tut, Catalan tot, French tout, Italian tutto, Portuguese todo, Spanish todo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tot/
Determiner
tot m or n (feminine singular toat?, masculine plural to?i, feminine and neuter plural toate)
- all, (the) whole
- (in the plural) all, every
Declension
Pronoun
tot
- everything
Derived terms
- atot-
- totdeauna
- totodat?
References
- tot in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) tut
- (Puter, Vallader) tuot
Etymology
From Latin t?tus.
Adverb
tot
- (Surmiran) all
Walloon
Etymology
From Old French tot, from Latin t?tus.
Adjective
tot
- all
Wastek
Noun
tot
- turkey vulture
References
- wordlist
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