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tit¹

(tĭt)

1. Any of various small insectivorous songbirds of the family Paridae of woodland areas, especially those of Eurasia and Africa.

2. Any of various similar birds.

[Short for titmouse.]

tit²

(tĭt)

1. Vulgar Slang A woman's breast.

2. A teat.

[Middle English, from Old English titt.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

tit

(tɪt)

1. (Animals) any of numerous small active Old World songbirds of the family Paridae (titmice), esp those of the genus Parus (bluetit, great tit, etc). They have a short bill and feed on insects and seeds

2. (Animals) any of various similar small birds

3. (Animals) archaic or dialect a worthless or worn-out horse; nag

[C16: perhaps of imitative origin, applied to small animate or inanimate objects; compare Icelandic tittr pin]

tit

(tɪt)

1. (Anatomy) slang a female breast

2. (Anatomy) a teat or nipple

3. derogatory a girl or young woman

4. slang a stupid or foolish person: often used as a term of address

[Old English titt; related to Middle Low German title, Norwegian titta]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tit¹

(tɪt)

n.

1. a titmouse.

2. any of various other small birds.

[1540–50; representing Middle English tite- (in titemose titmouse)]

tit²

(tɪt)

n.

1. a teat.

2. Vulgar Slang. a breast.

[before 1100; Middle English titte, Old English titt, c. Middle Low German, Middle Dutch titte, Middle High German zitze, Norwegian titta; akin to tit¹]

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Noun	1.	tit - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman titty, boob, breast, knocker, bosom adult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
	2.	tit - the small projection of a mammary gland mamilla, mammilla, nipple, teat, pap reproductive organ, sex organ - any organ involved in sexual reproduction mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals
	3.	tit - small insectivorous birds titmouse oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Paridae, Paridae - titmice and chickadees chickadee - any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America Parus bicolor, tufted titmouse - crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States blue tit, Parus caeruleus, tomtit - widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head bush tit, bushtit - active grey titmice of western North America Chamaea fasciata, wren-tit - small brown bird of California resembling a wren Auriparus flaviceps, verdin - very small yellow-headed titmouse of western North America

Translations

حَلَمَة الثَّدْيعُصْفور صَغير

bradavkakoníkkozyoko za okoprs

brystvortemejsepattegengældelses-bryst

Meise Titte Zitze Brust

βύζι θήλη

carbonero mama teta

tihanetiss

maitorauhanennännitiainentissi

mésangenibardnichon robertlolo

स्तन

sjenica

gjalda líku líktmeisa

cincia tetta capezzolo

parus

zylė

dots pret dotukrušu galinškrutszīlīte

mees tiet

pupp

cyccycekpierśsikora

teta

молочная железа синица сиська сися сосок

sýkorka

sinica

mestita

baştankaradişe dişgöze gözmemememe ucu

乳头乳房山雀针锋相对地

tit

¹ [tɪt] N (= bird) → paro m, herrerillo m
blue tit → herrerillo m común, alionín m
coal tit → carbonero m garrapinos
long-tailed tit → mito m

tit

² [tɪt] N tit for tat → ojo por ojo
so that was tit for tat → así que ajustamos cuentas, así que le pagué en la misma moneda
tit-for-tat killing → asesinato m en represalia, (asesinato m por) ajuste m de cuentas

tit

³ [tɪt] N

1. (= breast) → teta f
to get on sb's tits > → sacar de quicio a algn, cabrear a algn

2. (= person) → gilipollas m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tit

[ˈtɪt] n

(= bird) → mésange f

(= breast) → nichon m

to give tit for tat → rendre coup pour coup
it was just tit for tat → c'était un prêté pour un rendu

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tit

n (= bird) → Meise f

tit

n tit for tat → wie du mir, so ich dir, Auge um Auge(, Zahn um Zahn); it was tit for tat → es ging Auge um Auge(, Zahn um Zahn)

tit

n (sl)

(= breast) → Titte f (sl); tit and bum press (Brit hum) → Arsch-und-Titten-Presse f (hum sl); he/it gets on my tits → er/das geht mir auf den Sack (sl)

(esp Brit pej inf: = stupid person) → (blöde) Sau (sl); I felt a right tit → ich kam mir total bescheuert vor (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tit

¹ [tɪt] n (bird) (also titmouse) → cincia

tit

² [tɪt] n

a. (fam) (breast) → tetta

b. (Brit) (fam) to get on sb's tits → rompere le palle a qn (fam); (person) → cretino/a

tit

³ [tɪt] n to give tit for tat → rendere pan per focaccia

tit¹

(tit) noun

1. any of several kinds of small bird. a blue tit.

2. (slang) a woman's breast or nipple.

tit²

(tit) : tit for tat (tat)

blow for blow; repayment of injury with injury. He tore my dress, so I spilt ink on his suit. That's tit for tat.

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"And send my scythe, please, to Tit, for him to set it, and bring it round tomorrow.

Here, too, was Tit, Levin's preceptor in the art of mowing, a thin little peasant.

Levin got off his mare, and fastening her up by the roadside went to meet Tit, who took a second scythe out of a bush and gave it to him.

"It's ready, sir; it's like a razor, cuts of itself," said Tit, taking off his cap with a smile and giving him the scythe.

"I'll try not to let it go," he said, taking his stand behind Tit, and waiting for the time to begin.

The grass became softer, and Levin, listening without answering, followed Tit, trying to do the best he could.

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at the trees, at the green fields visible behind those trees, and at the leafless branches which surrounded the body of the small blue tit. Her sympathy with nature was exquisite.

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The touch of an ear-ring consoled her, and suggested a way of returning tit for tat in a telling manner.

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Tit for tat, quits, a match of Heaven's own making!'

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I directed him, with jocose reference to the collision of interests between us, to address his letter: "Tit for Tat, Post-office, West Strand."

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The voices were those of the orderlies who were packing up; one voice, probably a coachman's, was teasing Kutuzov's old cook whom Prince Andrew knew, and who was called Tit. He was saying, "Tit, I say, Tit!"

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But she is naturally a more irritable constitution than the black horse; flies tease her more; anything wrong in the harness frets her more; and if she were ill-used or unfairly treated she would not be unlikely to give tit for tat.

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