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Tot vs Zot - What's the difference?

tot | zot |

As nouns the difference between tot and zot

is that tot is thunder while zot is (us|slang) an anteater.

As a verb zot is

(slang) to zap, kill, or destroy.

As an interjection zot is

(us) the characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

tot

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small child.
    • He learned to run when he was just a tot .
  • 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.
  • (UK, dialect, dated) A foolish fellow.
    • (Halliwell)

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of

    Verb

  • To sum or total.
    • Derived terms
    * tot up

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    zot

    English

    Etymology 1

    A sound effect. Popularized by the , a humorous Internet advice service, where the word was used as an irritated dismissal of a question.

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (slang) To zap, kill, or destroy.
  • * 1980 , Kit Reed, Magic time
    • I reached for the handle and it zotted me — an electric shock to the elbow.
  • * 1997 , "Matt Lepinski", Zotting'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.humor.oracle.d )
    • I've heard rumors about the oracle zotting people and I have these questions about zot?
  • * 1997 , "Terry Moore", COPS PUT LIVES ON LINE?'' (on Internet newsgroup ''austin.general )
    • When a taxi driver, convenience store clerk, pizza deliverer, etc., gets zotted , it is on the back page of the local newspaper and not in out of town newspapers at all.
  • * 1998 , "RosieDawg", watergardening and dogs and Rosie's new toy, OT-ish'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.ponds )
    • electric fence - zotting me was fine (well really!) but they were worried about zotting the several dozen human puppies that hang around at our house.

    Etymology 2

    Sound effect in the , first published in 1958, associated with both (1) the rapid tongue of an anteater character and (2) lightning bolts.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) An anteater.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (US) The characteristic sound made by an anteater's tongue or by lightning.

    • Usage notes

    * Associated with the (UC Irvine Anteaters). ----