Tit
n.
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A small horse.
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A woman; -- used in contempt.
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A morsel; a bit.
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Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse. (Zool.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Ground tit
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See Wren tit, under Wren.
- Hill tit
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any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera.
- Tit babbler
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any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Trichastoma.
- Tit for tat
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An equivalent; retaliation.
- Tit thrush
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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.