About The Word Tit
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What's The Definition Of Tit?
[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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Tit: boob | bosom | breast | knocker | mamilla | mammilla | nipple | pap | teat | titmouse | titty Related Terms | Find terms related to Tit: 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 Tit In Webster's Dictionary \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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