Tit. (Bible)

(The Letter to) Titus

tit¹ /tit/

1. Any of various kinds of small songbirds of the family Paridae (the titmice), of several genera, esp (formerly) those of the genus Parus
2. A small, inferior, worthless or worn-out horse
3. A nag
4. A girl, young woman (derogatory)

tit² /tit/

A tap

tit for tat

1. An eye for an eye (a tip for a tap), retaliation in kind (tit-for-tatˈ adjective)
2. A hat, usu shortened to titˈfer (Cockney rhyming sl)

tit³ /tit/

1. A variant of teat
2. A nipple (informal)
3. (usu in pl) a female breast (informal)
4. A contemptible person (slang)

tittˈish adjective

tit tape noun (informal)

Double-sided adhesive tape used to secure the position of the breasts so that a revealing outfit does not reveal everything

get on one's tits (vulgar sl)

To be a source of extreme irritation

tit⁴ /tit/ (chiefly Scot)

1. A twitch
2. A tug

To tug

tite, tyte, tight /tīt/, tit /tit/ or titely, etc /-li/ (obsolete)

1. Promptly
2. At once

• prisoning
• prisonment
• prisonments
• prison officer
• prison officers
• prisonous
• prisons
• prison ship
• prison ships
• prison van
• prison vans
• prison visitor
• prison visitors
• prison yard
• prison yards
• prissier
• prissiest
• prissily
• prissiness
• prissy
• pristane
• pristanes
• pristine
• prithee
• prittle-prattle