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Definition of 'tit'

English

(wikipedia)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) titt, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Dutch tiet, dialectal Dutch tet, German Zitze, Titte. Probably related to an original meaning 'to suck'. Compare Albanian . Compare (teat).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A mammary gland, teat.
  • (slang|vulgar|chiefly|in the plural) A woman's breast.
  • * 2012 , (Caitlin Moran), Moranthology , Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:
    • I have enjoyed taking to my writing bureau and writing about poverty, benefit reform and the coalition government in the manner of a shit Dickens, or Orwell, but with tits .
  • (British|pejorative|slang) An idiot; a fool.
    • Look at that tit driving on the wrong side of the road!
  • * 2002 , Dick Plamondon, Have You Ever Been Screwed ,[http://books.google.com/books?id=ve6uQso2mFEC] iUniverse, ISBN 0-595-26199-X, page 234,
    • “What did you say to the cops?” / “I told them everything about the smuggling ring.” / “Why the fuck did you do that?” / “They were nice to me.” / “They’re always nice to people they want to get information from, you dumb tit .”
  • * 2012 January 15, , 00:52:46-00:52:55:
    • John Watson (to Sherlock Holmes): It's Lestrade. Says they're all coming over here right now. Queuing up to slap on the handcuffs, every single officer you ever made feel like a tit . Which is a lot of people.
    Synonyms
    * (breast) See also . * See also .
    Derived terms
    * get on someone's tits * off one's tits
    Related terms
    * titty, tittie

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps imitative of light tap. Compare earlier , from (tip), + (tap); compare also dialectal (tint for tant).

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (archaic) A light blow or hit (now usually in phrase tit for tat).

    • Etymology 3

    Probably of Scandinavian origin; found earliest in (titling) and (titmouse); compare (etyl) . (wikipedia) (Paridae)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Any of various other small passerine birds.
  • (archaic) A small horse; a nag.
  • * 1759 , (Laurence Sterne), (Penguin 2003, p. 28)
    • he was resolved, for the time to come, to ride his tit with more sobriety.
    (Tusser)
  • (archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.
    • (Burton)
  • A morsel; a bit.
    • (Halliwell)
    Derived terms
    * titlike * long-tailed tit - family Aegithalidae * wrentit - family Sylviidae * tit-babbler - family Timaliidae * penduline tit - family Remizidae * bearded tit - family Panuridae * tomtit - family Petroicidae (rel-mid) * black-crested tit * blue tit * coal tit * crested tit * great tit * marsh tit * tit warbler * willow tit (rel-bottom)

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