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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

/ tɪt /

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

tit

3

/ 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
  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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tit1

First recorded in 1540–50; short for titmouse ( def ); akin to Old Norse titlingr “sparrow,” Norwegian tite “titmouse”; 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of tit1

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

Origin of tit2

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

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.

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.

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.

From BBC

“I hate the term breast cancer. Call it tit cancer. And don’t send me ‘you got this mama’ or ‘we’re gonna kick cancer’s butt!’

She recalls being thrilled one day to receive a compliment from one male tutor that she had “nice tits”, as nobody had ever told her that before.

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