tit

See also: Tit, tīt, tiṭ, tit., Tit., and tít

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
  • tet (in certain senses only)

Noun

tit (plural tits)

  1. A mammary gland, teat.
  2. (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.
  3. (Britain, derogatory, 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.
  4. (Britain, slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "tithead".
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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)

  1. (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”).

Wikispecies

Noun

tit (plural tits)

  1. A chickadee; a small passerine bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae, common in the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. Any of various other small passerine birds.
  3. (archaic) A small horse; a nag.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Tusser to this entry?)
  4. (archaic) A young girl, later especially a minx, hussy.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burton to this entry?)
  5. A morsel; a bit.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
Derived terms
terms derived from tit Etymology 3
Translations
chickadee — see chickadee
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Anagrams

Chuukese

Noun

tit

  1. fence, wall
  2. pen (enclosure)

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse títt (“often”) and tíðr (“frequent”), from tíð (“time”).

Adverb

tit (comparative tiere, superlative tiest)

  1. often
  2. frequently
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Verbal noun to titte (“peep, peek”), from Old Norse títa (“see”).

Noun

tit n (singular definite tittet, plural indefinite tit)

  1. glimpse
Inflection
Declension of tit
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tit tittet tit tittene
genitive tits tittets tits tittenes

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þið.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiːt/
  • Rhymes: -iːt

Pronoun

tit

  1. 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

From Old Irish do·tuit (“falls”, verb).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʲɪtʲ/

Verb

tit (present analytic titeann, future analytic titfidh, verbal noun titim, past participle tite)

  1. (intransitive) fall
    1. drop down
    2. collapse
    3. descend
    4. decline
    5. come down to lower level
    6. abate
    7. droop, deteriorate
    8. be overthrown, be killed
    9. lose position

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
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 / dtitfinn‡‡ thitfeá / dtitfeᇇ thitfeadh sé, sí / dtitfeadh sé, s퇇 thitfimis; thitfeadh muid / dtitfimis‡‡; dtitfeadh muid‡‡ thitfeadh sibh / dtitfeadh sibh‡‡ thitfidís; thitfeadh siad / dtitfidís‡‡; dtitfeadh siad‡‡ a thitfeadh /
ar thitfeadh*		 thitfí / dtitf퇇
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
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms
  • tit amach (“fall out; quarrel; befall, happen”, intransitive verb)
  • tit ar (“fall on; fall to lot of; decline, drift, towards; descend on; occur on”, intransitive verb)
  • titchomhla f (“drop-valve”)
  • tit chuig, tit chun (“pass into state of; accrue to”, intransitive verb)
  • tit do (“fall into”, intransitive verb)
  • tit faoi (“fall under”, intransitive verb)
  • titghaiste m (“fall-trap”)
  • tit i (“fall into; pass into state of; decline in”, intransitive verb)
  • tit isteach le (“fall in with; become friendly with”, intransitive verb)
  • tit le (“fall down along; fall to lot of; chance to get; succeed in doing; draw near to; occur to; fall by; suffer hardship for”, intransitive verb)
  • tit thart (“drop off”, intransitive verb)
  • titimeach (“falling, tending to fall; caducous”, adjective)
  • titimeán m (“dropper”) (fishing)
  • titimeas m (“epilepsy”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tit thit dtit
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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.

Lashi

Verb

tit

  1. talk

Noun

tit

  1. talk

References

Kavalan

Noun

tit

  1. kingfisher

Pipil

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *tlai(h)-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tletl (“fire”)

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /tiːt/

Noun

tīt

  1. fire
    Shiktali ne kumit pak ne tit
    Put the pot on the fire

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English teeth.

Noun

tit

  1. tooth

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English teeth.

Noun

tit

  1. tooth
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