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Definition of toto
: a young one : baby, child asked the chief if there was a small boy, a toto, who would like to enter my service— R. S. B. Baker especially : the young of an animal saw two more rhinos … a mother and a half-grown toto — Natural History
History and Etymology for toto
of Bantu origin; akin to Swahili mtoto child
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
Totto - a nickname for mostly boys. The nickname are most used on really awesome people who is on top of the social ladder and is the one everyone wants to be like.
- hey totto!
- hey.
just another nickname for the most awesome ones.
by senorgeradigo April 24, 2011
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Words nearby in toto
intortus, into the bargain, into the blue, into the drink, into thin air, in toto, Intourist, in tow, intown, intoxicant, intoxicate
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Words related to in toto
broad, comprehensive, en masse, generally, absolutely, altogether, comprehensively, effectively, entirely, finally, fully, perfectly, quite, thoroughly, totally, ultimately, unconditionally, utterly, wholly, competently
How to use in toto in a sentence
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.
But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
British Dictionary definitions for in toto
adverb totally; entirely; completely
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for in toto
Totally or completely: “We reject your
demands in toto.” From Latin, meaning “in all.”
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.