Tit
WordNet
noun
(1) Small insectivorous birds
(2) Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
(3) The small projection of a mammary gland
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
, of uncertain origin. Cognate with dialectal Dutch , German , . Compare .
Noun
- A mammary gland, teat.
- A woman's breast.
- She's got an amazing pair of tits.
- An idiot; a fool.
- Look at that tit driving on the wrong side of the road!
Quotations
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- 2002, Dick Plamondon, Have You Ever Been Screwed,http://books.google.com/books?id=ve6uQso2mFEC iUniverse, ISBN 0-595-26199-X, page 234,
- “What did you say to the cops?”
- “I told them everything about the smuggling ring.”
- “Why the fuck did you do that?”
- “They were nice to me.”
- “They’re always nice to people they want to get information from, you dumb tit.”
- 2002, Dick Plamondon, Have You Ever Been Screwed,http://books.google.com/books?id=ve6uQso2mFEC iUniverse, ISBN 0-595-26199-X, page 234,
Etymology 2
Perhaps imitative of light tap. Compare earlier , from , + ; compare also dialectal .
Noun
- A light blow or hit (now usually in phrase tit for tat).
Etymology 3
Probably of Scandinavian origin; found earliest in and ; compare Icelandic , dialectal Norwegian .
Noun
- A small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the northern hemisphere.
- A small horse; a nag.
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- 1759, he was resolved, for the time to come, to ride his tit with more sobriety. — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)
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- A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.