tit
/tɪt/ · noun
Meaning
- A mammary gland, teat.
- (chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- An idiot; a fool.
- A police officer; a "tithead".
- A light blow or hit (now usually in the phrase tit for tat).
- To strike lightly, tap, pat.
- To taunt, to reproach.
- A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Any of various other small passerine birds.
- A small horse; a nag.
- A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.
- A morsel; a bit.
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