tit
noun
a titmouse.
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tit
1 American
[tit]
/ tɪt /
noun
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a titmouse.
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any of various other small birds.
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Archaic. a girl or young woman; hussy.
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Archaic. a small or poor horse; nag.
tit
2
American
[tit]
/ tɪt /
noun
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a teat.
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Slang: Vulgar. a breast.
tit
3
American
[tit]
/ tɪt /
noun
tit.
4
American
abbreviation
Tit.
5
American
abbreviation
Bible.
tit
1
British
/ tɪt /
noun
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slang a female breast
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a teat or nipple
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derogatory a girl or young woman
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slang a despicable or unpleasant person: often used as a term of address
tit
2
British
/ tɪt /
noun
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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
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any of various similar small birds
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archaic a worthless or worn-out horse; nag
Tit.
3
British
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of tit1
First recorded in 1540–50; short for titmouse ( def. ); akin to Old Norse titlingr “sparrow,” Norwegian tite “titmouse”; see also tit 2
Origin of tit2
First recorded before 1100; Middle English, Old English tit(t) “teat, pap, breast”; cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch titte, German Zitze, Norwegian titta; akin to tit 1; see also teat ( def. )
Origin of tit3
Perhaps variant of tip 4
Example Sentences
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They are home to rare and threatened species, such as the bluebell, the herb Paris, the barbastelle bat and the red-listed and locally declining marsh tit.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
He praised Powell’s avoidance of engaging in tit for tat with the president.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The culprit: a half-ounce bird called the blue tit.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Researchers plan to continue monitoring the great tit population in Wytham Woods to understand how these weather effects may shift in the future.
From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026
Like an excited tit which had nursed a cuckoo, Uncle Dap fluttered along behind his prodigy.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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