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English Dictionary: tit by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tit
n
  1. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
    Synonym(s): breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
  2. the small projection of a mammary gland
    Synonym(s): nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit
  3. small insectivorous birds
    Synonym(s): titmouse, tit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose,
      titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[be]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.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
      birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also
      {tit}, and {tomtit}.
  
      Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus c[d2]ruleus}), the marsh
               titmouse ({P. palustris}), the crested titmouse ({P.
               cristatus}), the great titmouse ({P. major}), and the
               long tailed titmouse ({[92]githalos caudatus}), are the
               best-known European species. See {Chickadee}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tit \Tit\, n.
      1. A small horse. --Tusser.
  
      2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
  
      3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
  
      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}.] (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
                  belonging to the families {Parid[91]} and
                  {Leiotrichid[91]}; a titmouse.
            (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
  
      {Ground tit}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}.
  
      {Hill tit} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
            singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied
            genera.
  
      {Tit babbler} (Zo[94]l.), 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} (Zo[94]l.), 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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