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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Tit

/tĭt/ · IPA /tɪt/
01 n. A small horse.
  1. 1.
    A small horse.
  2. 2.
    A woman; -- used in contempt.
  3. 3.
    A morsel; a bit.
  4. 4.
    Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.(Zool.)
Phrases & compounds
Ground tit — See Wren tit, under Wren.
Hill tit — any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera.
Tit babbler — any one of several species of small East Indian and Asiatic timaline birds of the genus Trichastoma.
Tit for tat — An equivalent; retaliation.
Tit thrush — 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.