Definitions for teetotum

teetotum tee·to·tum

Spelling: [tee-toh-tuh m]
IPA: /tiˈtoʊ təm/

Teetotum is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in teetotum (eemotttu).

Definitions for teetotum

noun

  1. any small top spun with the fingers.
  2. a kind of die having four sides, each marked with a different initial letter, spun with the fingers in an old game of chance.

Origin of teetotum

1710-20; earlier T totum, alteration of totum name of toy (Latin tōtum, neuter of tōtus all) by prefixing its initial letter, which appeared on one side of the toy

Examples for teetotum

All this Rainey saw as he circled, while the mass whirled like a teetotum.

Mount the system on a vertical axis, and spin it like a teetotum as fast as it will stand without flying to pieces.

Top and teetotum are objectionable on the former grounds, and wheel is objectionable on both.

He gave this a last suggestive kick and then dangled there in midair, spinning around like a teetotum.

In order to hasten this, the boys even began to turn Bob around like a teetotum, until he said he was dizzy.

However, I could not augur ill of one who laughed so heartily, nor of the other, who seemed so happy in making himself a teetotum.

I have already apologized for treating you like a teetotum, on a former occasion.

Now, for that vastly-relished valse, the teetotum—liked none the less for the late excitement!

In Polynesia the coco-nut is spun like a teetotum to discover a thief.

The compass-card spun round like a teetotum, whirling faster and faster.

Word Value for teetotum
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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