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TIT
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
Etymology 1
Noun
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".
Etymology 2
Noun
tit (plural tits)
(archaic) A light blow or hit (now usually in the phrase tit for tat).
Verb
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.
Etymology 3
Noun
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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