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Tit   /tɪt/   Listen
noun
Tit  n.  
1.
A small horse.
2.
A woman; used in contempt.
3.
A morsel; a bit.
4.
(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.
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. 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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"Tit" Quotes from Famous Books



... Drop so clear, Pip and Trip and Skip that were To Mab, their sovereign, ever dear, Her special maids of honour; Fib and Tib and Pink and Pin, Tick and Quick and Jill and Jin, Tit and Nit and Wap and Win, The ...
— The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' • Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

... toast. Ah, boon! That stayeth satiety, late or soon. Best of bonnes bouches, that all seasons fits! The tenderest tickler of all tit-bits! Roe, Bloater's Roe! O chef, grill fast, And prepare ...
— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 23, 1892 • Various

... added fowls, ducks, and turkeys from the estancia's poultry-yard, to say nothing of joints of beef, mutton, and pork. Nor was it birds alone that Dugald's seemingly inexhaustible creels and bags were laden with, but eggs of the swan[10] and the wild-duck and goose, with—to serve as tit-bits for those who cared for such desert delicacies—cavies, biscachas, and now and then an armadillo. If these were not properly appreciated by the new settlers, the eyes of the old, and especially the Gauchos, sparkled with anticipation of gustatory ...
— Our Home in the Silver West - A Story of Struggle and Adventure • Gordon Stables

... tit, your worship takes care of your speeches. O, Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent: it ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. IX • Various

... As a tit-bit to finish with, the damsel made the acquaintance of a rich priest, and although he was cunning enough, and not over liberal with money, he was despoiled of rich ...
— One Hundred Merrie And Delightsome Stories - Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles • Various


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