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tit

1

[ tit ]

noun

  1. a titmouse.
  2. any of various other small birds.
  3. Archaic. a girl or young woman; hussy.
  4. Archaic. a small or poor horse; nag.


tit

2

[ tit ]

noun

  1. a teat.
  2. Slang: Vulgar. a breast.

tit

3

[ tit ]

tit.

4

abbreviation for

  1. title.

Tit.

5

abbreviation for

Bible.

Tit.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Titus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tit

2

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. 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
  2. any of various similar small birds
  3. archaic.
    a worthless or worn-out horse; nag
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tit

3

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. slang.
    a female breast
  2. a teat or nipple
  3. derogatory.
    a girl or young woman
  4. slang.
    a despicable or unpleasant person: often used as a term of address
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tit1

First recorded in 1540–50; short for titmouse ( def ); akin to Old Norse titlingr “s貹Ƿ,” Norwegian tite “tٳdzܲ”; 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; teat ( def )

Origin of tit3

Perhaps variant of tip 4
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of tit1

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

Origin of tit2

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

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This current tit for tat spat involving the Reform UK leader Farage and the MP for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe, has seen both sides flinging a lot of mud at each other.

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Ms Gray described how her mother's stone featured a ball of wool and knitting needles, because she loved to knit, as well as a blue tit, because she enjoyed watching the birds in her garden.

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As a transmasc person who transitioned later in life, and only had my 38DD tits off this past July, what a f— relief, I never thought I looked hot.

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An experiment on great tits has pinpointed a single factor -- immigration -- that can cause birds to pay close attention to others, leading them to rapidly adopt useful behaviors.

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She reeled off a list of villages nearer the border - now deserted and destroyed after the past year of tit for tat exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel.

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