tit

[ tit ]

/ tɪt /

noun

a titmouse.

any of various other small birds.

Archaic. a girl or young woman; hussy.

Archaic. a small or poor horse; nag.

Words nearby tit

tissue type, tissue typing, tissue-specific antigen, tiswin, tisza, tit, tit for tat, tit-tat-toe, tit., titan, titanate

Origin of tit

1540–50; representing Middle English tite- (in titemose titmouse); cognate with Norwegian tite titmouse; akin to Old Norse tittr tack, pin. See tit²

Definition for tit (2 of 5)

tit²

[ tit ]

/ tɪt /

noun

a teat.

Slang: Vulgar. a breast.

Origin of tit

before 1100; Middle English titte, Old English titt; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch titte, German Zitze, Norwegian titta; akin to tit¹

Definition for tit (3 of 5)

tit³

[ tit ]

/ tɪt /

noun

tit for tat.

Origin of tit

perhaps variant of tip⁴

Definition for tit (4 of 5)

tit.

title.

Definition for tit (5 of 5)

Tit.

Titus.

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Examples from the Web for tit

Since then, we've been locked in an escalating tit for tat war in which the loser is our increasingly empty federal court system.
Who's to Blame for the Congressional Judicial Meltdown? Everybody.|Megan McArdle|March 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And especially in the Middle East, the doubling down on tit for tat is an all-too-uncommon occurrence.
Is Israel Immoral to Retaliate Against Gaza?|Thane Rosenbaum|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Tell-tale, tit!Your tongue shall be slit,And all the dogs in the townShall have a little bit!
Harry's Ladder to Learning|Anonymous
But when in the afternoon we went to look at the captives, there was not a great tit among them all.
Birds of the wave and woodland|Phil (Philip Stewart) Robinson

After all, I did call you a liar, so we are quits, Biarne—tit for tat.
The Norsemen in the West|R.M. Ballantyne
Considering the way she hunted all the meat shops for tit bits, that cat ought to have been a show animal—but it wasn't.
Fanny Goes to War|Pat Beauchamp
And yet the one is as good as the other: pass for pass, tit for tat, a Roland for an Oliver.
The Pocket R.L.S.|Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for tit (1 of 3)

tit¹

/ (tɪt) /

noun

any of numerous small active Old World songbirds of the family Paridae (titmice), esp those of the genus Parus (bluetit, great tit, etc). They have a short bill and feed on insects and seeds

any of various similar small birds

archaic, or dialect a worthless or worn-out horse; nag

Word Origin for tit

C16: perhaps of imitative origin, applied to small animate or inanimate objects; compare Icelandic tittr pin

British Dictionary definitions for tit (2 of 3)

tit²

/ (tɪt) /

noun

slang a female breast

a teat or nipple

derogatory a girl or young woman

slang a despicable or unpleasant person: often used as a term of address

Word Origin for tit

Old English titt; related to Middle Low German title, Norwegian titta

British Dictionary definitions for tit (3 of 3)

Tit.

/ Bible /

abbreviation for

Titus

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