[syn: titmouse, tit]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Tit \Tit\, n.
1. A small horse. --Tusser.
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2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
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3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
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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.] (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
belonging to the families Paridae and
Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.
(b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
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Ground tit. (Zool.) See Wren tit, under Wren.
Hill tit (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied
genera.
Tit babbler (Zool.), 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 (Zool.), 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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. Titmice. [OE. titemose,
titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
unrelated word mouse. Cf. Tit a small bird.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
birds belonging to Parus and allied genera; -- called also
tit, and tomtit.
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Note: The blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus), the marsh
titmouse (Parus palustris), the crested titmouse
(Parus cristatus), the great titmouse (Parus
major), and the long tailed titmouse (Aegithalos
caudatus), are the best-known European species. See
Chickadee.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
tit
n 1: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs
on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker,
boob, tit, titty]
2: the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: nipple,
mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit]
3: small insectivorous birds [syn: titmouse, tit]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "tit":
bag, bantam, banty, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust,
button, chest, chit, crop, diminutive, dug, featherweight,
fingerling, knockers, lightweight, mama, mamelon, mamelonation,
mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, mini, minikin, minnow,
minny, mouse, nenes, nipple, nubbin, pap, papilla, peewee,
pigeon breast, pony, runt, shrimp, slip, small fry, snip, snippet,
teat, thorax, tits, titties, titty, udder, wart, wisp