titmouse, tit
(noun) small insectivorous birds
breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
(noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit
(noun) the small projection of a mammary gland
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tit (plural tits)
A mammary gland, teat.
(slang, vulgar, chiefly, in the plural) A woman's breast.
Synonym: Thesaurus:breast
(British, pejorative, slang) An idiot; a fool.
Synonym: Thesaurus:idiot
(UK, slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "tithead".
tit (plural tits)
(archaic) A light blow or hit (now usually in the phrase tit for tat).
tit (third-person singular simple present tits, present participle titting, simple past and past participle titted)
(transitive or intransitive, obsolete) To strike lightly, tap, pat.
(transitive, obsolete) To taunt, to reproach.
tit (plural tits)
A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
Any of various other small passerine birds.
(archaic) A small horse; a nag.
(archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.
A morsel; a bit.
• ITT, TTI, itt
Source: Wiktionary
Tit, n.
1. A small horse. Tusser.
2. A woman; -- used in contempt. Burton.
3. A morsel; a bit. Halliwell.
4. Etym: [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps the same as teat. Cf. Titmouse, Tittle.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridæ and Leiotrichidæ; a titmouse. (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark. Ground tit. (Zoöl.) See Wren tit, under Wren.
– Hill tit (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera.
– Tit babbler (Zoöl.), any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Trichastoma.
– Tit for tat. Etym: [Probably for tip for tap. See Tip a slight blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.
– Tit thrush (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic and Esat Indian birds belonging to Suthora and allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate between the thrushes and titmice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
