tit

UK: /ˈtɪt/ US: /tɪt/ ,(tit)

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tit¹ /tɪt/   n. [countable]

1. Birds a titmouse.
2. Birds any of various other small birds.

tit² /tɪt/   n. [countable]

1. Zoology a teat.
2. Slang Terms (vulgar ). a breast.

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tit¹ (tit),  n. 

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

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

tit² (tit),  n. 

1. Zoology a teat.
2. Slang Terms (vulgar). a breast.

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

tit³ (tit), n. 

1. See tit for tat. 

• perh. variant of tip⁴

Tit., 

1. Bible Titus.

tit., 

1. title.

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tit / tɪt/ 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

Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps of imitative origin, applied to small animate or inanimate objects; compare Icelandic tittr pin

tit / tɪt/ noun

1. a female breast
2. a teat or nipple
3. a girl or young woman
4. a foolish person: often used as a term of address

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

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Tit. abbreviation

1. Titus