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tit
| tit for tat
| tit-tat-toe
| titan
| titan arum
| titan crane
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tit has 3 senses
- tit(n = noun.body) boob, bosom, breast, knocker, titty - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman; Array is a part of adult female body, woman's body
- tit(n = noun.body) mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, teat - the small projection of a mammary gland; Array is a kind of reproductive organ, sex organ
- tit(n = noun.animal) titmouse - small insectivorous birds; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
has parts: lactiferous duct, areola, ring of color
is a kind of mamma, mammary gland
is a part of mamma, mammary gland
is a member of family paridae, paridae
has particulars: chickadee, parus bicolor, tufted titmouse, blue tit, parus caeruleus, tomtit, bush tit, bushtit, chamaea fasciata, wren-tit, auriparus flaviceps, verdin
CIDE DICTIONARY
tit, n.
- A small horse. Tusser. [1913 Webster]
- A woman; -- used in contempt. Burton. [1913 Webster]
- A morsel; a bit. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families
Paridæ andLeiotrichidæ ; a titmouse. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tit, n. any of various small birds esp. of the family Paridae.
tit, n.
Idiom
tit for tat blow for blow; retaliation.
tit, n.
1 colloq. a nipple.
2 coarse sl. a woman's breast.
1 colloq. a nipple.
2 coarse sl. a woman's breast.
Usage
Usually considered a taboo word in sense 2.
tit, n. coarse sl. a term of contempt for a person.
Etymology
20th c.: perh. f. TIT(3)
THESAURUS
tit
bag, bantam, banty, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, button, chest, chit, crop, diminutive, dug, featherweight, fingerling, knockers, lightweight, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, mini, minikin, minnow, minny, mouse, nenes, nipple, nubbin, pap, papilla, peewee, pigeon breast, pony, runt, shrimp, slip, small fry, snip, snippet, teat, thorax, tits, titties, titty, udder, wart, wispROGET THESAURUS
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Littleness
N littleness, smallness, exiguity, inextension, parvitude, parvity, duodecimo, Elzevir edition, epitome, microcosm, rudiment, vanishing point, thinness, dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elf, atomy, dandiprat, doll, puppet, Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb, manikin, mannikin, homunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow, animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon, bacteria, infusoria, microzoa, phytozoaria, microbe, grub, tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry, millet seed, mustard seed, barleycorn, pebble, grain of sand, molehill, button, bubble, point, atom, fragment, powder, point of a pin, mathematical point, minutiae, micrometer, vernier, scale, microphotography, photomicrography, micrography, photomicrograph, microphotograph, microscopy, microscope (optical instruments), little, small, minute, diminutive, microscopic, microzoal, inconsiderable, exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfin, undersized, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, spare, stunted, limited, cramp, cramped, pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket, portative, portable, duodecimo, dumpy, squat, short, impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial, infinitesimal, homoeopathic, atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular, rudimentary, rudimental, embryonic, vestigial, weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubby, thin, granular, shrunk, brevipennate, in a small compass, in a nutshell, on a small scale, minutely, microscopically.Convexity
N convexity, prominence, projection, swelling, gibbosity, bilge, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, camber, cahot, thank-ye-ma'am, swell, intumescence, tumour, tumor, tubercle, tuberosity, excrescence, hump, hunch, bunch, boss, embossment, hub, hubble, tooth, knob, elbow, process, apophysis, condyle, bulb, node, nodule, nodosity, tongue, dorsum, bump, clump, sugar loaf, bow, mamelon, molar, belly, corporation, pot belly, gut, withers, back, shoulder, lip, flange, pimple, zit, wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain, boil, airbubble, blob, papule, verruca, papilla, nipple, teat, tit, titty, boob, knocker, pap, breast, dug, mammilla, proboscis, nose, neb, beak, snout, nozzle, schnoz, peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag, cupola, dome, arch, balcony, eaves, pilaster, relief, relievo, cameo, bassorilievo, mezzorilevo, altorivievo, low relief, bas relief, high relief, hill, cape, promontory, mull, forehead, foreland, point of land, mole, jetty, hummock, ledge, spur, naze, ness, convex, prominent, protuberant, projecting, bossed, embossed, bossy, nodular, bunchy, clavate, clavated, claviform, hummocky, moutonne, mammiliform, papulous, papilose, hemispheric, bulbous, bowed, arched, bold, bellied, tuberous, tuberculous, tumous, cornute, odontoid, lentiform, lenticular, gibbous, club shaped, hubby, hubbly, knobby, papillose, saddle-shaped, selliform, subclavate, torose, ventricose, verrucose, salient, in relief, raised, repousse, bloated, (expanded).Carrier
N carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.
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