Meaning of TIT
| Pronunciation: | | tit
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- [n] small insectivorous birds
- [n] either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- [n] the small projection of a mammary gland
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| | Synonyms: | | boob, bosom, breast, knocker, mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat, titmouse, titty |
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| | See Also: | | adult female body, areola, Auriparus flaviceps, blue tit, bush tit, bushtit, Chamaea fasciata, chickadee, family Paridae, lactiferous duct, mamma, mammary gland, oscine, oscine bird, Paridae, Parus bicolor, Parus caeruleus, reproductive organ, ring of color, sex organ, tomtit, tufted titmouse, verdin, woman's body, wren-tit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Tit\, n.
1. A small horse. --Tusser.
2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
4. [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}.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
belonging to the families {Parid[ae]} and
{Leiotrichid[ae]}; a titmouse.
(b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
{Ground tit}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}.
{Hill tit} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied
genera.
{Tit babbler} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of small
East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus
{Trichastoma}.
{Tit for tat}. [Probably for tip for tap. See {Tip} a slight
blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.
{Tit thrush} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
Asiatic and East Indian birds belonging to {Suthora} and
allied genera. In some respects they are intermediate
between the thrushes and titmice.
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