tote1
/təʊt
/informal
verb [with object]
Carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial): here are books well worth toting home (as adjective, in combination -toting) a gun-toting loner...
- He walked around several people toting heavy boxes, to the door where his folder had disappeared.
- For a writer, toting a notebook and pen legitimizes virtually any activity carried out in a bar, restaurant or cemetery.
- In other words, they are our anti-establishment, book toting superheroes.
noun
A tote bag: a chocolate brown leather tote with ponyskin appliqué...
- This cute striped tote is perfect for carrying your lunch to school or as a simple purse.
- It's fun to collect things and keep them all in a tote for a snowy day.
- It was then that I discovered the beauty of the tote and messenger bag, and their next-generation cousins - bowling ball bag, duffel tote or, my personal favourite, the diaper bag.
Derivatives
toter
[in combination]: a gun-toter...
- I also found a tricked out rusty red wagon, still in working condition, that we immediately put into service as a wood toter for Greg as he chopped firewood into kindling.
- There are plenty of guys who are bag toters, and there are plenty of guys who work their butts off and know everything about the course before you even take the club out of the bag.
- Barely bigger than a book of matches, the Optima 2000 is going to make a lot of serious gun toters rethink their attitude about dot sights.
Origin
Late 17th century: probably of dialect origin.
Rhymes
Tote2
/təʊt/noun (the Tote) British trademark
A system of betting based on the use of the totalizator, in which dividends are calculated according to the amount staked rather than odds offered: he has taken a risk with the tote...
- This year, more than €7 million will be placed in bets at the tote at the racecourse and another €20 million in betting shops.
- In Victoria, in contrast, race clubs had legalised bookmakers and banned the tote.
- Tramore's August Racing Festival attracted record attendances of 27,000 over the four days with racegoers wagering over €2m with the bookmakers and on the tote.
Origin
Late 19th century: abbreviation.
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