tote 1 (t?t)tr.v. tot·ed, tot·ing, totes Informal 1. To haul; lug: toted my gear to the car.2. To have or bear on one’s person: gangsters toting guns.n. A tote bag.[Probably from an English-based creole; akin to Gullah and Krio tot, to carry, of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo -tota, to pick up, and Swahili -tuta, to pile up, carry.]tot?a·ble adj.tot?er n.tote 2 (t?t)tr.v. tot·ed, tot·ing, totes Informal 1. To determine the total of; add up.2. To sum up; summarize.tote 3 (t?t)n. Informal A pari-mutuel machine.[Short for totalizator.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.totes (t??ts) advtotally; completely; entirely[shortening of totally]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014