Tit is short for a small bird called a titmouse, or is a vulgar slang term for a female's breast.
(noun)An example of a tit is a titmouse, a small bird found in New England.
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Origin: tit(mouse)
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Origin: ME titte < OE tit, teat
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Origin: ME tit- in titmose, titmouse, titling: prob. child's term for “little,” seen also in ON tītlingr, little bird, Norw titta, little girl
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Origin:
Origin: Short for titmouse
Origin: . Adj., Middle English tit-
Origin: , as in titmose, titmouse; see titmouse
. Regional Note: Tit is an old Germanic word for “small” and is used in various northern European languages to refer to small objects, animals, or people, especially girls—for example, titta is a Norwegian dialect word for “little girl.” The word is most common in American English in combinations that denote various small birds, such as the titmouse or tomtit. A titman in the 19th century could mean a small or stunted person, as Henry David Thoreau indicates when he calls his generation “a race of tit-men.” Tit and titman are still used in New England, mostly by farmers to refer to the runt of a litter of pigs.noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English titt
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