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Tit

Tit Meaning & Definition
Tit Definition And Meaning

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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