tit
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle English tit, titte, tette, from Old English tit, titt, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tit, Dutch tiet, dialectal Dutch tet, German Zitze, Titte, Yiddish ציצע (tsitse). Probably related to an original meaning “to suck”. Compare Albanian thith (“to suck, breast, tit”) and teat.
Alternative forms
Noun
tit (plural tits)
- A mammary gland, teat.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:
- I have enjoyed taking to my writing bureau and writing about poverty, benefit reform and the coalition government in the manner of a shit Dickens, or Orwell, but with tits.
- 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press 2012, p. 13:
- (Britain, pejorative, slang) An idiot; a fool.
- Look at that tit driving on the wrong side of the road!
- 2002, Dick Plamondon, Have You Ever Been Screwed, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 234,
- “What did you say to the cops?” / “I told them everything about the smuggling ring.” / “Why the fuck did you do that?” / “They were nice to me.” / “They’re always nice to people they want to get information from, you dumb tit.”
- 2012 January 15, Stephen Thompson, "The Reichenbach Fall", episode 2-3 of Sherlock, 00:52:46-00:52:55:
- John Watson (to Sherlock Holmes): It's Lestrade. Says they're all coming over here right now. Queuing up to slap on the handcuffs, every single officer you ever made feel like a tit. Which is a lot of people.
- John Watson (to Sherlock Holmes): It's Lestrade. Says they're all coming over here right now. Queuing up to slap on the handcuffs, every single officer you ever made feel like a tit. Which is a lot of people.
Synonyms
- (breast): See also Thesaurus:breast.
- (fool, idiot): See also Thesaurus:idiot.
Derived terms
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Translations
a mammary gland, teat
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(slang, vulgar) a woman's breast
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Etymology 2
Perhaps imitative of light tap. Compare earlier tip for tap (“blow for blow”), from tip, + tap; compare also dialectal tint for tant.
Noun
tit (plural tits)
- (archaic) A light blow or hit (now usually in phrase tit for tat).
Etymology 3
A blue tit
Probably of Scandinavian origin; found earliest in titling and titmouse; compare Faroese títlingur, dialectal Norwegian titling (“small stockfish”).
Noun
tit (plural tits)
- A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Any of various other small passerine birds.
- (archaic) A small horse; a nag.
- 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)
- he was resolved, for the time to come, to ride his tit with more sobriety.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)
- 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)
- (archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burton to this entry?)
- A morsel; a bit.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Derived terms
terms derived from tit Etymology 3
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Translations
chickadee — see chickadee
a small horse
a young girl
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Anagrams
Chuukese
Noun
tit
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse títt (“often”) and tíðr (“frequent”), from tíð (“time”).
Adverb
tit (comparative tiere, superlative tiest)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Verbal noun to titte (“peep, peek”), from Old Norse títa (“see”).
Noun
tit n (singular definite tittet, plural indefinite tit)
Inflection
Declension of tit
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tiːt/
- Rhymes: -iːt
Pronoun
tit
- you (plural)
- Synonym: tykur (Suðuroy)
Declension
Faroese personal pronouns
| Personal pronouns (Persónsfornøvn) | |||||
| Singular (eintal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | eg, jeg | tú | hann | hon | tað |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | meg, mjeg | teg, tjeg | hana | ||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | mær | tær | honum | henni | tí |
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | mín | tín | hansara, hans† | hennara, hennar† | tess |
| Plural (fleirtal) | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person masc. | 3rd person fem. | 3rd person neut. |
| Nominative (hvørfall) | vit | tit | teir | tær | tey |
| Accusative (hvønnfall) | okkum | tykkum | |||
| Dative (hvørjumfall) | teimum, teim† | ||||
| Genitive (hvørsfall) | okkara | tykkara | teirra | ||
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʲɪtʲ/
Verb
tit (present analytic titeann, future analytic titfidh, verbal noun titim, past participle tite)
- (intransitive) fall
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | titim | titeann tú; titir† |
titeann sé, sí | titimid | titeann sibh | titeann siad; titid† |
a thiteann; a thiteas / a dtiteann*; a dtiteas* |
titear |
| past | thit mé; thiteas | thit tú; thitis | thit sé, sí | thiteamar; thit muid | thit sibh; thiteabhair | thit siad; thiteadar | a thit / ar thit* |
titeadh | |
| past habitual | thitinn | thiteá | thiteadh sé, sí | thitimis; thiteadh muid | thiteadh sibh | thitidís; thiteadh siad | a thiteadh / ar thiteadh* |
thití | |
| future | titfidh mé; titfead |
titfidh tú; titfir† |
titfidh sé, sí | titfimid; titfidh muid |
titfidh sibh | titfidh siad; titfid† |
a thitfidh; a thitfeas / a dtitfidh*; a dtitfeas* |
titfear | |
| conditional | thitfinn | thitfeá | thitfeadh sé, sí | thitfimis; thitfeadh muid | thitfeadh sibh | thitfidís; thitfeadh siad | a thitfeadh / ar thitfeadh* |
thitfí | |
| subjunctive | present | go dtite mé; go dtitead† |
go dtite tú; go dtitir† |
go dtite sé, sí | go dtitimid; go dtite muid |
go dtite sibh | go dtite siad; go dtitid† |
— | go dtitear |
| past | dá dtitinn | dá dtiteá | dá dtiteadh sé, sí | dá dtitimis; dá dtiteadh muid |
dá dtiteadh sibh | dá dtitidís; dá dtiteadh siad |
— | dá dtití | |
| imperative | titim | tit | titeadh sé, sí | titimis | titigí; titidh† |
titidís | — | titear | |
| verbal noun | titim | ||||||||
| past participle | tite | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
Derived terms
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Mutation
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| tit | thit | dtit |
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Further reading
- "tit" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 do·tuit” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- Entries containing “tit” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “tit” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Pipil
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tlai(h)-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tletl (“fire”)
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /tiːt/
Noun
tīt
- fire
- Shiktali ne kumit pak ne tit
- Put the pot on the fire
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
tit
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology
Noun
tit
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