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- [tit]
- /tɪt/
- /tɪt/
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- [tit]
- /tɪt/
Definitions of tit word
- noun tit tit for tat. 1
- noun,plural tit woman's breasts 1
- noun tit stupid or foolish person 1
- countable noun tit A tit is a small European bird that eats insects and seeds. There are several kinds of tit. 0
- countable noun tit A woman's tits are her breasts. 0
- countable noun tit If you call someone a tit, you are insulting them and saying that they are stupid. 0
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Origin of tit
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; representing Middle English tite- (in titemose titmouse); cognate with Norwegian tite titmouse; akin to Old Norse tittr tack, pin. See tit2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tit
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tit popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".