Tit
from
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}]
from
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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from
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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from
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
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