tit

tit
n
1a.
a breast. Various Old Germanic lan-guages and late Latin dialects contained related words formed on the root tet- or tit- (teta in Spanish and teton in French are modern cognates). 'Teat' was, for many centuries, the standard English form; in the 17th century the alternative spelling and pronunciation tit began to be used. It was only in the 20th century that the variant spellings and pronunciation clearly differentiated the vulgar and standard usages.
1b.
any button, knob, nipple or small pro-tuberance
► You have to attach it to the tit on the end.
1c.
the sight or touch of a woman's breast(s). An exclusively male vulgarism.
► I got some tit.
1d. women in general, seen as sexual partners. An exclusively male vulgarism.
► There's loads of tit around.
2.
a fool, buffoon. The word has been heard in this sense since the early 20th century in British usage.
► 'There were two outstanding things about Q.E.D.'s "The Battle Of The Sexes" - Faith Brown. Stuart Hall merely made a right tit of himself.' (Charles Catchpole, News of the World, 5 February 1989)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • Tit — or Tits may refer to:* A common name or part of a name of numerous species of birds, including: **Tits, chickadees and titmice of the family Paridae **Long tailed tits, of the family Aegithalidae **Wrentit, of the family Sylviidae **Tit babblers …   Wikipedia

  • Tit — Tit, n. 1. A small horse. Tusser. [1913 Webster] 2. A woman; used in contempt. Burton. [1913 Webster] 3. A morsel; a bit. Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word probably meant originally, something small …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ţiţ — interj. Cuvânt care redă chiţăitul şoarecelui. ♢ expr. Nici ţiţ = nici un cuvânt, nici cârc, nici pis. – Onomatopee. Trimis de valeriu, 07.05.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  ŢIŢ interj. v. chiţ. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  ţiţ/ţiţ ţíţ… …   Dicționar Român

  • tit — tit1 [tit] n. [ TIT(MOUSE)] a titmouse or other small bird tit2 [tit] n. [ME titte < OE tit, TEAT] 1. NIPPLE (sense 1) 2. a breast: in this sense now vulgar tit3 …   English World dictionary

  • tit — Ⅰ. tit [1] ► NOUN ▪ a titmouse. ORIGIN probably Scandinavian. Ⅱ. tit [2] ► NOUN 1) vulgar slang a woman s breast. 2) Brit …   English terms dictionary

  • TIT — steht als Abkürzung für den Brief des Paulus an Titus ist ein anderer Name für Moulay Abdallah, ein Ort zehn Kilometer südlich von El Jadida in Marokko TIT steht als Abkürzung für Tokyo Institute of Technology, eine staatliche technische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • tit — [ tıt ] noun count 1. ) IMPOLITE a woman s breast 2. ) INFORMAL a TEAT 3. ) a small bird that is common in Europe => TIT FOR TAT …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Tit. — Tit., Abbreviatur 1) für Titus; 2) für Titulus, Rang, Würde; 3) für Titulo, unter dem Titel. Tit. deb., für Titulo debito, mit gebührendem Titel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tit — Tit., vollständiger Tit. deb., Abkürzung für titulo debito (lat.), »mit gebührendem Titel« …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Tit. — Tit. = ↑ Titel. * * * Tit. = Titel …   Universal-Lexikon

  • tit. — tit. tit. abbrtitle Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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