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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tit \Tit\, n.
     1. A small horse. --Tusser.
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     2. A woman; -- used in contempt. --Burton.
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     3. A morsel; a bit. --Halliwell.
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     4. [OE.; cf. Icel. titter a tit or small bird. The word
        probably meant originally, something small, and is perhaps
        the same as teat. Cf. {Titmouse}, {Tittle}.] (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds
            belonging to the families {Paridae} and
            {Leiotrichidae}; a titmouse.
        (b) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
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     {Ground tit}. (Zool.) See {Wren tit}, under {Wren}.
  
     {Hill tit} (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic
        singing birds belonging to {Siva}, {Milna}, and allied
        genera.
  
     {Tit babbler} (Zool.), any one of several species of small
        East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus
        {Trichastoma}.
  
     {Tit for tat}. [Probably for tip for tap. See {Tip} a slight
        blow.] An equivalent; retaliation.
  
     {Tit thrush} (Zool.), 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Titmouse \Tit"mouse`\, n.; pl. {Titmice}. [OE. titemose,
     titmase; tit small, or a small bird + AS. m[=a]se a kind of
     small bird; akin to D. mees a titmouse, G. meise, OHG. meisa,
     Icel. meisingr. The English form has been influenced by the
     unrelated word mouse. Cf. {Tit} a small bird.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of small insectivorous singing
     birds belonging to {Parus} and allied genera; -- called also
     {tit}, and {tomtit}.
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     Note: The blue titmouse ({Parus coeruleus}), the marsh
           titmouse ({Parus palustris}), the crested titmouse
           ({Parus cristatus}), the great titmouse ({Parus
           major}), and the long tailed titmouse ({Aegithalos
           caudatus}), are the best-known European species. See
           {Chickadee}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tit
       n 1: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on
            the chest of a woman [syn: {breast}, {bosom}, {knocker},
             {boob}, {titty}]
       2: the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: {nipple}, {mammilla},
           {mamilla}, {pap}, {teat}]
       3: small insectivorous birds [syn: {titmouse}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, wisp
  
  

















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