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Tit for tat   /tɪt fɔr tæt/   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.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Tit for tat" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Navy, who will be with us to-night. The visitors have kept very quiet about this bit of illumination, but our lads got on to the secret about a week ago, and I'll be very much disappointed if they don't give 'em tit for tat." ...
— A Rock in the Baltic • Robert Barr



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