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tit

[tit]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a titmouse.
any of various other small birds.
Archaic.��a girl or young woman; hussy.
Archaic.��a small or poor horse; nag.

tit

[tit]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a teat.
Slang: Vulgar.��a breast.

tit

[tit]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

tit for tat.

tit.

⁴

abbreviation

title.

Tit.

⁵

abbreviation

Bible.

Titus.

tit

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

slang��a female breast
a teat or nipple
derogatory��a girl or young woman
slang��a despicable or unpleasant person: often used as a term of address

tit

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

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
any of various similar small birds
archaic��a worthless or worn-out horse; nag

Tit.

abbreviation

Titus

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of tit¹

First recorded in 1540–50; short for titmouse ( def. ); akin to Old Norse titlingr “sparrow,” Norwegian tite “t��ٳ��ǳܲ��”; 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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51�Թ� 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

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Among birds, the Japanese tit offers the first experimental evidence for compositional syntax in any non-human species.

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"And they think I'm somehow inferior because I do blue tits in the garden."

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This year it dropped from third to fourth place behind the tree sparrow, the blue tit and the wood pigeon.

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This current tit for tat spat involving the Reform UK leader Farage and the MP for Great Yarmouth, Rupert Lowe, has seen both sides flinging a lot of mud at each other.

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Ms Gray described how her mother's stone featured a ball of wool and knitting needles, because she loved to knit, as well as a blue tit, because she enjoyed watching the birds in her garden.

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