- tittr
- m. a small peak, a pin; see hor-tittr.II. a tit (bird), obsolete.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.
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tit — tit1 /tit/, n. 1. a titmouse. 2. any of various other small birds. 3. Archaic. a girl or young woman; hussy. 4. Archaic. a small or poor horse; nag. [1540 50; repr. ME tite (in titemose TITMOUSE); c. Norw tite titmouse; akin to ON tittr tack, pin … Universalium
tit — {{11}}tit (n.1) breast, O.E. titt (a variant of TEAT (Cf. teat)). But the modern slang tits (pl.), attested from 1928, seems to be a recent reinvention from teat, used without awareness that it is a throwback to the original form. Titty, however … Etymology dictionary
tit — I. /tɪt / (say tit) noun 1. any of various small Australian birds, especially a thornbill. 2. any of various birds of the family Paridae, as the blue tit, Parsus caeruleus, or of the family Aegithalidae, as the long tailed tit, Aegithalos… …
Tit. — abbr. Titus (New Testament). * * * Titus. * * * Tit. (Bible) abbrev (The Letter to) Titus * * * tit1 «tiht», noun. 1. = titmouse. (Cf. ↑titmouse) 2. any one of certain other small birds. 3 … Useful english dictionary
tit. — abbr. Titus (New Testament). * * * title. * * * Tit. (Bible) abbrev (The Letter to) Titus * * * tit1 «tiht», noun. 1. = titmouse. (Cf. ↑titmouse) 2. any one of certain other small birds. 3 … Useful english dictionary
