tit for tatn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌtɪt fə ˈtat/, U.S.

/ˈtɪt fər ˈtæt/

Forms: 1500s tyt for tat, 1500s– tit for tat, 1600s thit for tat, 1700s–1800s titt for tatt.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tit n.³, for prep., English tat.

Etymology: < tit n.³ + for prep. + tat (apparently reduplication with vowel variation of tit n.³), perhaps as a variant or alteration of tip for tap at tip n.²

A. n.

1. As a mass or count noun. A response in kind to something, esp. an injury or insult, that one has received or suffered; a retaliatory action or sequence of actions; retaliation. In later use also as a parenthetic or interjectional phrase.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] > person or thing exchanged

pricea1300

botchmenta1425

changinga1425

exchange1490

tit for tat1546

changeling?1548

some and some1573

tip for tap1573

quid pro quo1816

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv Mark ye, how she hitteth me on the thumbs (quoth he) And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth she) Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set, Set the hares head agaynst the goose ieblet.

1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xliii. sig. Bii Here is tyt for tat measure met very trym: First he hangd his house, now his house hath hangd hym.

1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 96/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I That they would not sticke, to set his seruaunts at libertie, so he woulde redeliuer them the youth of the Citie which was nothing else in effect, but tit for tat.

1600 Looke about You sig. H4^v La. Indeed my husband..Dotes vpon other women more then me. Fau. Ha doe he so? then giue him tit for tat.

1690 Pagan Prince xxiv. 69 Our Seas guard us; and we must guard our Seas, that's but fair, Thit for Tat.

1699 in tr. C. de Saint-Evremond Arguments M. Herard Pref. sig. A6^v What he has said, no more affects the King, or Nation, than..the old Womans tit for tat, the Thunder, which she farted against.

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 310 Titt for tatt, quoth the Wife when she farted at the Thunder.

1735 H. Carey Honest Yorkshire-man 24 This is but Tit for Tat, young Gentleman.

1809 J. Quincy in E. Quincy Life J. Quincy (1868) 181 I shall..give..what politicians call a Rowland for their Oliver, and what the ladies term tit for tat.

1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden iv. 80 A fair literary tit-for-tat in return for the Rehearsal.

1905 H. A. Vachell Hill viii. 179 Tit for tat. If I do this for you, will you do something for me?

1958 Spectator 2 May 554/3 The Persians' willingness to give them tit for tat for 1951.

2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xx. 152 Absurd? We should ask Marijana about that. She might have a different view. Tit for tat, she might say.

2011 J. C. Hormel & E. Martin Fit to Serve xvi. 217 As we struggled for those last two votes, the tit for tat continued.

2. [Rhyming slang.] Chiefly British and Australian. A hat. Cf. titfer n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat

hateOE

nab-cheat?1536

nab1673

kelp1736

mitre1807

tile1813

gossamer1836

cady1846

roof1857

roofer1859

pancake1875

lid1896

nudger1902

tit for tat1925

titfer1927

sky1944

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 285 Tit for tat, hat. (Rhyming slang).

1954 L. A. Rose & D. Furber Me & my Girl i. i. 6 Sir John: Bit windy for your drive. Bill: Not arf. I nearly lost my tit-for. Sir John: Your what? Bill: My tit-for-tat. My 'at.

1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 Feb. 20/7 Doug's favourite tit-for-tat went missing in the environs of the Ned Kelly Restaurant.

2009 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 21 Feb. 24 With its smaller brim the Snowy River is considered old-style when put up against..high fashion tit-for-tats.

B. adv.

As a response in kind to something, esp. an injury or insult, that one has received or suffered; in a retaliatory manner.

ΚΠ

1683 R. Dixon Canidia v. i. 5 I am resolv'd, before I squat, To shew 'um a Trick, by laying them flat, And play with 'um Tit for Tat.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 229. ⁋3 I was threatened to be answered Weekly Tit for Tat.

1861 M. Sewell Mother's Last Words (ed. 2) ii. 18 And so he answered, tit for tat.

1978 Behavioral Sci. 23 444/1 Small declines..often led to further declines, as members responded tit-for-tat to the decreases in others' contributions.

2004 N.Y. Times 24 Apr. a8/1 The diplomat..is the sixth Russian diplomat expelled for espionage this year... In each case Russia has retaliated tit for tat.

C. adj. (attributive).

Usually in form tit-for-tat. Characterized by or consisting of a sequence of retaliatory actions; done as retaliation; retaliatory.

ΚΠ

1743 A. Hill Fanciad Pref. p. iii He can but borrow Comfort from this tit-for-tat Reflection.

1857 Action for Libel: Rep. Case Angeli v. Galbraith 472 Come now, do you mean to say you are ignorant of the tit-for-tat system?

1891 Daily News 16 July 5/1 Fair Traders, Reciprocity men, or believers in the tit-for-tat plan of dealing with other nations.

1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary ii. x. 207 It was a car for Mr. Chaplin or for Groucho Marx... Its doors opened..and hit anyone within reach in tit-for-tat savagery.

1964 Economist 11 July 154/1 This tit-for-tat response may well be extended to North Vietnam by retaliations more or less in kind and degree.

2003 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 19/1 India and Pakistan staged tit-for-tat expulsions of their top diplomats on Saturday.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tit for tat
释义	tit for tatn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˌtɪt fə ˈtat/, U.S. /ˈtɪt fər ˈtæt/ Forms: 1500s tyt for tat, 1500s– tit for tat, 1600s thit for tat, 1700s–1800s titt for tatt. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: tit n.³, for prep., English tat. Etymology: < tit n.³ + for prep. + tat (apparently reduplication with vowel variation of tit n.³), perhaps as a variant or alteration of tip for tap at tip n.² A. n. 1. As a mass or count noun. A response in kind to something, esp. an injury or insult, that one has received or suffered; a retaliatory action or sequence of actions; retaliation. In later use also as a parenthetic or interjectional phrase. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > [noun] > person or thing exchanged pricea1300 botchmenta1425 changinga1425 exchange1490 tit for tat1546 changeling?1548 some and some1573 tip for tap1573 quid pro quo1816 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. iv. sig. Giv Mark ye, how she hitteth me on the thumbs (quoth he) And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth she) Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set, Set the hares head agaynst the goose ieblet. 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xliii. sig. Bii Here is tyt for tat measure met very trym: First he hangd his house, now his house hath hangd hym. 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 96/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I That they would not sticke, to set his seruaunts at libertie, so he woulde redeliuer them the youth of the Citie which was nothing else in effect, but tit for tat. 1600 Looke about You sig. H4^v La. Indeed my husband..Dotes vpon other women more then me. Fau. Ha doe he so? then giue him tit for tat. 1690 Pagan Prince xxiv. 69 Our Seas guard us; and we must guard our Seas, that's but fair, Thit for Tat. 1699 in tr. C. de Saint-Evremond Arguments M. Herard Pref. sig. A6^v What he has said, no more affects the King, or Nation, than..the old Womans tit for tat, the Thunder, which she farted against. 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 310 Titt for tatt, quoth the Wife when she farted at the Thunder. 1735 H. Carey Honest Yorkshire-man 24 This is but Tit for Tat, young Gentleman. 1809 J. Quincy in E. Quincy Life J. Quincy (1868) 181 I shall..give..what politicians call a Rowland for their Oliver, and what the ladies term tit for tat. 1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden iv. 80 A fair literary tit-for-tat in return for the Rehearsal. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill viii. 179 Tit for tat. If I do this for you, will you do something for me? 1958 Spectator 2 May 554/3 The Persians' willingness to give them tit for tat for 1951. 2005 J. M. Coetzee Slow Man xx. 152 Absurd? We should ask Marijana about that. She might have a different view. Tit for tat, she might say. 2011 J. C. Hormel & E. Martin Fit to Serve xvi. 217 As we struggled for those last two votes, the tit for tat continued. 2. [Rhyming slang.] Chiefly British and Australian. A hat. Cf. titfer n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat hateOE nab-cheat?1536 nab1673 kelp1736 mitre1807 tile1813 gossamer1836 cady1846 roof1857 roofer1859 pancake1875 lid1896 nudger1902 tit for tat1925 titfer1927 sky1944 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 285 Tit for tat, hat. (Rhyming slang). 1954 L. A. Rose & D. Furber Me & my Girl i. i. 6 Sir John: Bit windy for your drive. Bill: Not arf. I nearly lost my tit-for. Sir John: Your what? Bill: My tit-for-tat. My 'at. 1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 3 Feb. 20/7 Doug's favourite tit-for-tat went missing in the environs of the Ned Kelly Restaurant. 2009 Townsville (Queensland) Bull. (Nexis) 21 Feb. 24 With its smaller brim the Snowy River is considered old-style when put up against..high fashion tit-for-tats. B. adv. As a response in kind to something, esp. an injury or insult, that one has received or suffered; in a retaliatory manner. ΚΠ 1683 R. Dixon Canidia v. i. 5 I am resolv'd, before I squat, To shew 'um a Trick, by laying them flat, And play with 'um Tit for Tat. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 229. ⁋3 I was threatened to be answered Weekly Tit for Tat. 1861 M. Sewell Mother's Last Words (ed. 2) ii. 18 And so he answered, tit for tat. 1978 Behavioral Sci. 23 444/1 Small declines..often led to further declines, as members responded tit-for-tat to the decreases in others' contributions. 2004 N.Y. Times 24 Apr. a8/1 The diplomat..is the sixth Russian diplomat expelled for espionage this year... In each case Russia has retaliated tit for tat. C. adj. (attributive). Usually in form tit-for-tat. Characterized by or consisting of a sequence of retaliatory actions; done as retaliation; retaliatory. ΚΠ 1743 A. Hill Fanciad Pref. p. iii He can but borrow Comfort from this tit-for-tat Reflection. 1857 Action for Libel: Rep. Case Angeli v. Galbraith 472 Come now, do you mean to say you are ignorant of the tit-for-tat system? 1891 Daily News 16 July 5/1 Fair Traders, Reciprocity men, or believers in the tit-for-tat plan of dealing with other nations. 1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary ii. x. 207 It was a car for Mr. Chaplin or for Groucho Marx... Its doors opened..and hit anyone within reach in tit-for-tat savagery. 1964 Economist 11 July 154/1 This tit-for-tat response may well be extended to North Vietnam by retaliations more or less in kind and degree. 2003 Eastern Eye 14 Feb. 19/1 India and Pakistan staged tit-for-tat expulsions of their top diplomats on Saturday. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.1546
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