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titn.1 Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Middle Dutch tette , tet (Dutch tit , †titte , regional (southern) tet ), Middle Low German, titte , Middle High German zitze (German Zitze ), all feminine, apparently originally a nursery word, perhaps ultimately imitative of the sound of sucking. Compare teat n.In Old English a strong masculine. Compare Old High German tutto , masculine, tutta , feminine (Middle High German tutte , tute , feminine), which are not directly related, but probably have a similar origin. Compare also Italian zizza (14th cent.; < a Germanic language) and the other Romance forms cited at teat n. Variant form. The Middle English (Gloucestershire) plural form tutes (see β. forms) apparently shows the reflex of an Old English (Mercian) form with rare back mutation before a geminate. the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > parts of > udder > teat OE (Northumbrian) xi. 27 Beatus uenter qui te portauit et ubera quae suxisti : eadig womb uel hrif seðe ðec gebær & ða titto uel ða breosto ða ðu gediides [OE Rushw. Gospels ða tito uel ða breost ða ðu deðedes]. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) xix. 64 Wið titta sar wifa þe be[o]ð melce & toðundene. ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 272 Ure lauerdes sonde þe bochte salue..to healen hire tittes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 5955 Ich heom wullen alle for-don & bi þan titten [c1300 Otho tyttes] an-hon. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxviii. 1172 Þey [sc. whelpes] cryeþ and whyneþ and secheþ here moderes tyttes. a1400 (a1325) (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. G. 795 Þeos tutes [?a1425 Digby tetys] þou soke ylome. ?1552 V. Leigh sig. C.i All other beastes, that nature bringeth forthe, To their dammes tytt, ronne straight with open mouthe. ?1562 sig. A.iii Woldest yu be as strong as I? come suck thy mothers tytte. 1708 18 Oct. 4/2 A black Milch Cow between 3 and 4 years old, there is two of her Titts white, and some white about her bagg. a1825 R. Forby (1830) Titties, Tits, s. pl. teats. a1870 W. Lutton (2007) 41 Tit, the teat, pap or dug of an animal. 1941 C. Reynolds iii. 31 One of the cows has torn her tits; she's bleeding something cruel. I can't milk her. 1981 D. M. Thomas vi. 230 Four black and white kittens..tugging at Vaska's tits. 1992 M. Yeh ii. ii. 93 That passage at the end of Columbus' Relation of his third voyage in which he argues that the earth is a woman's pear-shaped breast with a tit on the top. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [noun] OE (Northumbrian) Liturgical Texts (Durham Ritual) in A. H. Thompson & U. Lindelöf (1927) 4 Dilectus meus mihi inter ubera mea commorabitur : leof min me bituen titto mino giwuneð. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Calig.) (1963) l. 7476 In hire bosme heo bar bi-neoðen hire titten ane guldene ampulle of attere i-fulled. a1350 in G. L. Brook (1968) 38 (MED) Hyre tyttes aren anvnder bis as apples tuo of parays, ouself ȝe mowen seo. 1862 [implied in: 1862 in T. P. Lowry (2012) iii. 28 My scout party met up with four titless half-breed girls.]. 1928 in A. W. Read (1935) 80 A girl may sit & finger her tits and play with her cunt all day. 1947 C. Willingham 93 ‘Well,’ said Munro. ‘That girl ought to go to Hollywood.’ ‘She wouldn't make it out there,’ blushed Wilson. ‘No tits.’ 1962 J. Heller xviii. 181 How do you expect anyone to believe you have a liver condition if you keep squeezing the nurses tits every time you get a chance. 1966 P. Willmott iii. 50 I got my hand on her tit... So I thought I'd try for her quim. 1989 R. Barr (1990) iii. xx. 198 See my tits, these are fuckin' red white and blue titties. 1996 Sept. 156/3 You don't have the men shouting out stuff like ‘Get your tits out!’ Because I would jolly well tell them where to go! 2004 Autumn 110/1 [It] would be okay if their tongue wasn't hanging out in the hope that I'm going to show them my tits or something. 2006 30 Sept. 25/3 Anne was half his age, with a lithe, athletic body, big tits. 3. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > fastenings > button 1635 Edinb. Test. LVII. f. 57, in at Tit, Titt- Tuelff grosis of silk titis at tuelff shillinges the gros. 1635 Earl of Galloway's Family Papers 11 Aug. in at Tit, Titt- Item, 8 dussone tits, 2 s. dussone. 1648 in C. Innes (1859) 307 12 dozen of silver and gold tittis. 1674 L. Price sig. A4 My scarlet wastcoat with the tits thereon & broad gold lace are all cashir'd & gone. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > buttons 1864 9 Apr. 229/2 It is called the tit or center drill. 1880 11 Dec. 7/2 I don't see why he should turn a tit on one shaft and have a socket for it in the meeting end of the next length. 1942 4 Dec. 536/2 I pressed the tit and gave him a thirty seconds' burst. 1972 A. Price xii. 135 They've built this mock-up in the Museum... You press the tit, and the lights go out. 1975 July 74/2 Sun alloy rims..are shoulderless and are designed with ‘tits’ on the inside to prevent the tire from turning on the rim if it goes flat. 2000 W. Ihimaera (2005) vii. 88 Sam grabbed the claymore clacker, pulled the safety wire, pressed the tit and fired. the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [noun] > a sharp prominence > uneven or accidental 1884 F. J. Britten (new ed.) 129 If the centre is missed a tit is formed which gives trouble. 1916 11 May 178/1 This method of facing one at a time is very slow, and great care is required in setting the tool so not to leave a tit in the centre of the plates. 1952 12 May 152/1 To avoid leaving a tit at the center of the work, set the facing tool exactly at center. If it is set too low, it will pass under the center and leave a tit twice the size of the offset. 2011 www.practicalmachinist.com 23 Jan. (forum post, Internet Archive Wayback Machine, 26 Jan. 2011) (heading) Why is inserted drill chipping insert in center leaving a tit? 1919 (U.S. House of Representatives, 66th Congr., 1st Sess.) 192 I have been hanging on to the public tit, as they say in Texas, ever since I came of age. 1977 (Nexis) 15 Dec. There's something about being on the public tit that seems to make people go a little crazy. 1987 (Nexis) 1 Oct. 12 Australian business is really going to have to learn to let go of the government tit. 1991 Sept. 110/1 Barton Fink, however, spurns Hollywood's tit of milk and honey. 2016 E. Huang 96 I'm just sick of people in China always sucking on America's tit for inspiration when there's plenty to draw from here. Phrasesthe mind > emotion > anger > irritation > irritate [verb (transitive)] 1935 M. Harrison iii. 327 This sort of tommy just gets on my teats.] 1945 S. J. Baker vi. 121 Someone or something disagreeable is said to get on one's..tit. 1956 A. Wilson i. iii. 53 ‘Oh! Christ!’ Vin exclaimed. ‘You get on my tits.’ 1977 J. Wilson xiii. 153 This Sherlock Holmes act of yours gets right on my tits. 2006 7 July 25/4 I really liked him and I got a lot of respect for him, but he got on my fuckin' tits he did. P2. slang. Cf. arse n. and int. Phrases 5. 1961 D. Madden i. iv. 42 Books about lords and queens bore the tits off me. 1998 (Nexis) 9 Feb. (Arts section) 14 A selection of cuts from..movies show just how often spiders have been used to scare the tits off you. 2001 Dec. 141/2 Any future owner should be able to razz the tits off the Citroën and experience a couple of extra horses. 2005 R. Bean 86 I'm not ploughing! It bores the tits off me... Get shot of the arable. 1978 W. Kennedy xii. 187 Best whore fight I ever saw... One of their heads split open. Me and Maloy laughed our tits off. 1980 17 Oct. 9/3 She'd worked though;..she'd worked her tits off. 1995 8 Jan. (Review section) 4/5 It's all so dreamy and atmospheric that you hardly realise the band is rocking their tits off. 1999 S. Stewart v. 85 Still Eing my tits off, I tubed it to Camden Town. 2014 B. Conaghan (2015) iv. 14 All the thick kids would be saying the word cockney..and laughing their tits off because it has the word cock in it. P3. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > indecent [phrase] > crude sexuality society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > magazine > pornographic 1965 30 Apr. 5/1 The exploitation guys..said, ‘There's no tits, there's no ass. There's nothing in this damned picture.’ So I said, ‘Why don't we cut all these things right into the picture. If they want tits and ass, let's give 'em tits and ass.’ 1978 4 Nov. 13/2 Victor Matthews, chairman of Express Newspapers..put his people to work on plans for a new tabloid ‘with plenty of tits and bums’. 1997 13 Nov. 1/5 FHM..has values beyond tits and arse which need to be communicated. 2012 B. Burr et al. i. 18 Billboards with half-naked women on them; magazines full of tits and ass. 1969 20 Dec. 869/1 A very efficient tit-and-bum merchant. 1974 8 Apr. 10/4 It's tits and bums stuff, losing no opportunity for the cameras to follow its heroine up a ladder or into her bedroom. 1995 (Nexis) 11 Dec. (Guide section) 2 It does have a humorous slant—it's not just a Channel Nine tits and arse show. 2008 C. Glazer xi. 210 The tits-and-ass flick Hardbodies. 1977 N. Dowd (transcribed from film) I'm tits-up after this game no matter what happens. 1984 G. Vanderhaeghe (1986) viii. 112 ‘Nothing I can do,’ he said, unclipping the jumper cables. ‘This baby's tits up.’ 1998 E. Brimson xix. 56 It's how we earn our money... Sometimes it goes tits up. 2004 (Nexis) 2 Dec. a2 Where is it written that when the washing machine goes tits up it has to be full of laundry? 2013 S. Kernick (2014) 98 If everything went tits up, he'd be the one taking all the flak. 1978 L. Kramer 191 Winnie Heinz..angel-dusted out of his tits. 1992 Re: Rave is Dead in alt.rave (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Nov. It was ‘Acid house’ back then, when E was something new, and everyone was off their tits. 1997 G. Hills in S. Champion 65 And up the stairs shines Danny glorious. He is off his tits. 2002 A. Cumming (2004) 91 Why do I need to be coked off my tits..to even begin to talk about it? 2004 (Nexis) 4 Dec. m1 I was..out of my tits on ecstasy for a year. 2009 (Nexis) 27 June (Guide Suppl.) 6 I like to get right off my tits, then go to the most hardcore techno tent. Compounds 1864 9 Apr. 229/2 There is still another kind of drill for peculiar work which is employed by some machinists, though for our own part we see no special virtue in it, for it is troublesome to use and to make, and very liable to break. It is called the tit or center drill. 1924 June 347/3 A series of shallow holes are drilled in the steel shaft in the way of bearings, with an expanding tit drill. 1955 C. C. Turner 167/2 Teat drill... also called a Tit Drill. 1970 July 76/1 That odd combination of tit mag and avant-garde showcase. 2000 24 Sept. (Review section) 1 As long as daddy keeps tit mags and porn videos in his sock drawer, his kids will look at them. society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > magazine > pornographic 1967 M. Braly xiv. 250 The wall behind him was solid with flicks clipped from different tit magazines. 1978 K. Amis (1979) v. 49 A keen buyer of tit-magazines. 2007 S. Seligson 77 The real work of editing a tit magazine involves coordinating shoots for photo spreads and concocting the cloying puns to go along with them. 1872 Mar. 36/1 Mess Shell Jacket..hook and eye with gilt tit studs down front. 1910 J. Platt (O.E.D. Archive) The teat-stud or tit-stud..is quite unique in shape. 1986 A. Edmondson et al. 85/2 7.30pm. Soapy Tit Wank. At last, a sit-com without smutty innuendo—they just get straight down to it!! 1991 Re: Unfortunate Surnames in rec.humor (Usenet newsgroup) 26 Aug. I used to know someone called ‘Harry Stupid-Arse Soapy-Tit-Wank.’ 1994 Another Day at Office in alt.flame (Usenet newsgroup) 30 Jan. He began to frantically use her..breasts in a mind-numbing, loudly squelching tit-wank. 2001 Re: New one in free.uk.tv.bigbrother (Usenet newsgroup) 8 June Paul, you are a complete titwank. I can't believe how narrow-minded some people are. 2015 S. Evers 294 I know all about sex... I know all about foreplay, fingering, heavy petting, hand-jobs, tit-wanks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). titn.2Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: tit v.1 Scottish after Middle English. the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > [noun] > pulling > a sudden or sharp pull a1425 (a1400) (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 1915 Yf þat tre war tite pulled oute At a titte with al þe rotes oboute. 1581 R. Sempill (single sheet) Sa Fortoun mountit neuer man sa hie,..Bot with ane tit sho turnis the quheill. c1660 S. Rutherford 11 When he pullet it..he garreth it come down with a titt. 1827 in G. R. Kinloch 63 He gied the tow a clever tit, That brocht her out at the lum. 1881 W. Paul 111 The craetur' gied a tit, an' afore I kent fat I was about, I was lyin' o' the braid o' my back. 1935 Mar. 121 Throu' space it spun till a titt fae the Sun Pu'd new warls roon him birlin'. 1955 W. P. Milne vii. 83 Tammas..witit for 'e tit upo the strae-rape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). titn.3 Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the sound of a sharp blow. Compare tit for tat n. Compare also tit v.2 Chiefly British regional. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a slight or light blow 1546 J. Heywood ii. iv. sig. Giv Mark ye, how she hitteth me on the thumbs (quoth he) And ye taunt me tyt ouer thumb (quoth she) Sens tyt for tat (quoth I) on euen hand is set, Set the hares head agaynst the goose ieblet. 1808 J. Jamieson Tyte, tit... 2. A slight stroke, a tap. 1891 R. P. Chope (at cited word) I'll gi'e 'ee a tit under the yur. 1923 E. Gepp (ed. 2) 116 Tit, a tap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). titn.4 Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently an expressive formation, denoting a small animal or object. Compare earlier titling n.2 and titmouse n. Compare also earlier chit n.1Compare Icelandic tittur pin, peg, runt (17th cent.), títa tip of a horn (18th cent.). The bird. With use with reference to a bird (see sense 3) compare also Icelandic títa dunlin (18th cent.), Norwegian tit , tite small bird, titmouse (usually in compounds), Swedish tita titmouse (1603), all probably related to the Scandinavian words cited above, but perhaps further influenced by the sound of the bird's song; compare Norwegian (Nynorsk) tita to chirp, and also Danish titre to chirp (early modern Danish tidre , of imitative origin; compare titter v.2). In sense 3a perhaps originally shortened < titmouse n. 1. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > inferior or old and worn-out the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > defined by size > small 1548 W. Patten sig. D.i He rode on a trottynge tyt well woorth a coople of shillynges. 1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar iv. f. 85 But such [beastes] as are bred among them though they be littel tittes and yll shapen, they make..to be very good of labor. 1598 J. Florio Bidetto, a little horse, a nagge, a tit, a little doing horse. 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. (rev. ed.) v. x. 540 If you will let them haue anie Tytt or meane Iade to goe before them, and lead the way. 1682 T. Shadwell iii. 44 Why, I was a Horse, a meer Tit, I had lost aw My speech, and coul'd do naught but neigh. 1726 (ed. 3) Tit, a little Horse, and some call a Horse of a middling Size a double Tit. 1797 Mar. 338/1 I keep a curricle and a brace of tits. 1821 W. Scott I. xi. 272 I have as good a tit as ever yeoman bestrode. 1894 J. D. Astley II. 186 A very promising tit named Woodstock. 1951 G. Heyer (1966) iv. 48 ‘Got a tricky temper, that tit of yours.’ ‘He is better-paced than that screw of yours!’ retorted Martin, firing up in defence of his horse. 1969 H. Orton & M. V. Barry II. i. 96 Many farmers now use tractors and have sold most of their..[Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire] tits. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey 314/1 Tit, pet or favourite horse. the world > people > person > man > [noun] 1594 R. Barnfield sig. Giv What spurres need now, for an vntam'd Titt [i.e. Helen of Troy] to be trotting. 1683 J. Dryden Epil. in sig. B2v Alas, our Women are but washy Toys, And wholly taken up in Stage employs: Poor willing Tits they are: but yet I doubt This double Duty soon will wear 'em out. 1707 G. Farquhar i. 5 As to our Hearts, I grant'ye, they are as willing Tits as any within Twenty Degrees. a1734 R. North (1740) i. iii. §40 145 As the willing Tits of the Party, and weaker Brethren. 1770 H. Dalrymple 16 A pair of willing tits, As ever liv'd. 2. the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > female > young the world > people > person > woman > [noun] 1599 T. M. ii. sig. B5v He hath his tyt, and she likewise her gull. Gull he, Trull she. 1606 N. Breton sig. I3v His Dad a Tinker, and his Dam a Tit. 1693 11 My little Tit..loves the Town, as well as my self. 1730 C. Coffey i. i. 3 Prevail upon Pinner for your self, she's a pretty Tit, you Rogue, and will recompence your Trouble. 1760 S. Foote i. 41 Well, 'tis a merry little tit. A thousand pities she's such a reprobate! 1834 W. Beckford II. 363 A bevy of young tits dressed out in a fantastic, blowzy style..drew their chairs round us. 1837 T. Creevey in H. Maxwell (1904) II. 324 I am sure from Lady Tavistock that she thinks the Queen a resolute little tit. 1886 G. M. Fenn I. vii. 74 She's a pretty little tit. 1922 E. R. Eddison xxxi. 397 The Demons,..since they had a strong loathing for such ugly tits and stale old trots, would no doubt hang her up or disembowel her. 1969 H. E. Bates ix. 87 ‘The old tit’ doddered forth... I see her as a kind of..diminutive nun, untouched and unprotected. 2009 G. Hurley xxiii. 238 ‘He'd been sitting at home watching the football on the telly with the old tit.’ ‘The old tit?’ ‘Me mum.’ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > male 1601 B. Jonson Praeludium sig. A3v I wonder that any man is so madde, to come to see these raskally Tits play here. a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley (1656) iii. 39 Must yong Court tits Play tomboyes tricks with her, and he live, ha? 1691 W. Mountfort iv. ii. 44 I have seen these spruce Tits look..Scornfully..upon a plain dress'd Country-Gentleman. 1888 F. T. Elworthy (at cited word) A little tit of a fuller; why he idn no higher-n a tuppenny loave. 3. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Paridae > [noun] > genus Parus (tit) 1648 Earl of Westmorland ii. 137 The Whitetail, and Tom Tit obey Their seasons, bill and tread, then lay. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins ii. v. 152 A long train: or a Tuft on the head. 8... Crested tit. 1706 (new ed.) Tit, or Titmouse, a little Bird. 1837 E. Taylor 20 The Great Tit, and Little Blue Tit... We are both of us called by the little, short name of tits. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in 15 Tits, wrens, and all wing'd nothings peck him dead! 1875 C. R. Bree (ed. 2) III. 65 The Azure Tit, perhaps the most beautiful of the European Paridæ, is an inhabitant of the north of Europe and Asia. 1907 14 Sept. 307/1 The coal-tit is undoubtedly a storer for the future. 1938 31 331 Noticing..a Blue Tit..entering about dusk a nesting box..I began watching. 1979 C. Perrins i. 17 The Siberian Tit is a bird of the northern spruce forests. 2013 Autumn 30/1 Willow tit: From the family of tits; has a large sooty-black cap extending to the back of the neck. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins ii. v. 152 A long train: or a Tuft on the head. 8. Long tailed tit. 1828 3 85 Parus biarmicus, Linn. Two nests and the eggs of the Bearded Tit were this year forwarded to London. 1858 A. M. Redfield 325 Why is the Penduline Tit or Bottle Tit so called? 1906 14 Apr. 15/2 The long tailed tit [is] the only species of the group that builds its nest in a bush. 1922 July 38/3 The tiny little Bush Tit of the Pacific coast, whose scientific name..is all out of proportion to the size of the bird. 1930 W. M. Mann xx. 258 In the small bird room at the bird house there are flocks of bulbuls, Japanese hill-tits, weaver birds, [etc.]. 1985 T. C. Boyle 100 I was just six months out of college when I did my study of the bearded tit. 2007 J. L. Gould & C. G. Gould vii. 210 The African penduline or kapok tit builds two nest cups. 1825 P. J. Selby 216 Meadow Pipit or Tit. 1885 C. Swainson 26 Willow warbler... Oven bird (Norfolk). Oven tit (ditto). 1885 C. Swainson 45 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)... Moor tit. 1870 2 47 Perhaps the Tit (Petroica) darted to the ground from the tall flower-stalk, to snatch the larva of the grasshopper. 1900 A. J. Campbell 230 Brown tit..is an active little bird... Some recent authors use the term Thornbill..as a vernacular name for the Acanthizas. 1936 M. Franklin xxxiii. 310 There were..honey-eaters, coach-whips, wagtails, tits and robins. 1941 C. Barrett 74 In the bush on Mount Wellington's lower slopes, I made acquaintance with the scrub-tit. 1970 68 P. macrocephala chathamensis..Chatham Island tit... P. macrocephala dannefaerdi..Black Tit... P. macrocephala marrineri..Auckland Island Tit. 2000 19 Oct. 51/1 There were heaps of gray whistlers, silvereyes, cuckoo-shrikes, thrushes, finches, flycatchers, shrike-tits, wrens, [etc.]. Compounds C1. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > bird-feeding device 1929 16 Feb. 9/3 (advt.) An H.M.B. tit bell is an artistic garden hanging from which only tits can feed. 1976 3 Nov. 12/3 Another useful device for feeding tits and woodpeckers is to make a ‘tit bell’. 2008 (Nexis) 18 Dec. 26 Half coconuts and tit bells filled with fat, bird cake, etc can be hung from your bird table, a tree or from a bracket on a wall. C2. 1930 C. F. Belcher 197 Parisoma plumbeum orientale Rchw. & Neum. Grey Tit-flycatcher. 1963 C. W. Mackworth-Praed & C. H. B. Grant II. 520 Tit-Hylia. Pholidornis rushiæ (Cassin). 1984 8 Mar. 596/3 Unique to Robinson Crusoe Island is the Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant (Anairetes femandezianus), a bird similar in size and habits to the titmice. 2004 K. Riede 145 (table) Leptasthenura fuliginiceps... Brown-capped tit-spinetail..local migrant. b. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > [noun] > subfamily Timaliinae > genus Trichastoma 1893 A. Newton et al. 26 The..Babblers, often with a prefix such as Bush-Babbler, Shrike-Babbler, Tit-Babbler,..belong chiefly to the Ethiopian and Indian Regions. 1954 74 30 (heading) Comments on geographical variation in the Tit-babbler Parisoma subcaeruleum (Vieillot). 2016 (Nexis) 9 Sept. The Tengah forest was an important corridor for birds such as the striped tit-babbler. the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Motacillidae > genus Anthus > anthus pratensis (titlark) 1817 T. Forster 53 Spipola pratensis. Tit pipit. 1819 G. Samouelle 303 Inhabits the black grouse and tit-pippit. 1843 L. Jenyns in G. White 136 The tit-pipit frequents open country, and resides almost entirely on the ground. 1837 W. Swainson II. iii. v. 46 The subgenus Sylvicola... These are the true tit-warblers of America, so closely resembling the worm-eaters, that many writers have placed both in the same genus. 1917 19 July 24/4 I plump for the little tit-warbler, or little tomtit (Acanthiza nana) and the barley-bird..as the two smallest Australian birds. 2009 111 183/1 Tit-warblers are resident in the alpine zones year round, but in winter their numbers decrease greatly. Derivatives 1888 P. L. Sclater & W. H. Hudson I. 141 Anæretes parulus... (tit-like tyrant.) 1907 15 Mar. 4/2 But all the rest are bustling about in their own restless, tit-like manner. 2000 20 Mar. i. 18/8 With the help of a field guide, I identified it as a chin-spot batis, a tiny, tit-like songbird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). titn.6 Brit.  /tɪt/, U.S. /tɪt/, Irish English /tɪt/, Australian English /tɪt/, New Zealand English /tɪt/Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tit n.1 Etymology: Origin uncertain: perhaps a specific sense development of tit n.1, although compare tit n.4, twit n.1 2b. slang (chiefly British, Irish English, Australian, and New Zealand). the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > of small significance 1881 ‘J. Saul’ I. 30 I asked her to kiss me... ‘You know, Jack, I will. You were such a tit then,’ she replied. 1947 Dec. 290 Why didn't Lachlan go, the silly tit? 1965 M. Frayn (1966) xv. 70 ‘Peculiar friends he has.’ ‘Tits, a lot of them.’ 1981 J. Sullivan (1999) I. 1st Ser. Episode 6. 54 You tit Rodney. 1999 C. Brookmyre (2000) 85 An effortless, unaffected charm that allowed him to say things like..‘at your service, madam’ without sounding like a complete tit. 2015 Nov. 27/1 And don't..whine about your review on Twitter either, else we'll print a screenshot and make you look like a prize tit. Phrases1968 N. Monsarrat vii. 292 It's never too late to realize when they're making a right tit out of you. 1978 S. Wilson vii. 122 We always took a gun, and it kept me quite alert, not wishing to make a tit of myself in front of the laird. 1991 J. O'Connor (1992) 54 Jimmy made a tit of himself trying to chat her up at the Trinity Ball one year. 2007 19 Jan. 16/6 I'm too scared to drink and then make a tit of myself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † titn.7 Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps related to tit n.2 or tit n.3 Obsolete. society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [noun] > other pieces of steel society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > qualities of metals > [noun] > imperfections > core left on drilled metal 1896 Aug. 168/2 The completed nail is ejected from the bore by means of a lever, operating on a tit or tiny steel rod, which, when jerked upwards, expels the nail. 1902 S. Baring-Gould ii. 10 Working in the bore is the ‘tit’ that..ejects the finished nail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). titv.1Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare tit n.2It has been suggested that this word originated as a variant of tight v.1, but this poses phonological problems. Chiefly Scottish after Middle English. the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > hold [verb (transitive)] > lay hold of or grasp > suddenly or forcibly c1330 in C. Brown (1924) 33 Þer nis no letting at lite Þat he [sc. Death] no tittes til him tite. c1450 MS Douce 52 in (1906) 54 (MED) When me profereth þe pigge, opon þe pogh, For when he is an olde swyn, thow tyte hym nowȝht. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun (Nero) iv. l. 1074 His stewart made on hym a schot And tyt [a1550 Wemyss claucht] hym dourly be þe throte. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 837 in W. A. Craigie (1925) II. 121 The golk..Tit ye tuchet be ye tope ourtirvit his hed. 1572 (a1500) (1882) 434 For to towsill me or tit me, thocht foull be my clais, Or I be dantit on sic wyse, my lyfe salbe lorne. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (transitive)] the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > suddenly or sharply a1400 (c1250) (Egerton) (1966) l. 1021 Florys forth his swerd [read swere] putte, And Blauncheflour..him tytte. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) l. 15837 And als þai fra þe herth him tite [Gött. titt, Trin. Cambr. pulde], His bodi was al stund. a1450 (1885) 332 (MED) Þai [sc. Christ's garments] ere tytt of tite, lo! take þer his trasshes. c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) l. 853 (MED) Þen tittis he doune in þat tene þe tablis ilkane. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) v. 603 He tit the bow out of his hand. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 143 Ane maid a scrip and tyt at his lang suorde. ‘Hald still thi hand,’ quod he, ‘and spek thi word.’ a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2118 in (1981) 81 The wecht off it neir tit my tuskis out. 1824 G. Smith 113 'Tis nae a' for naething ye tittet her worstet. 1873 J. Ogg 115 Hoo angry he was when ye tittet his tails. 1896 J. M. Barrie xxiv. 281 She realised that Miss Kitty was titting at her dress. 1970 14 Mar. 4 I had to keep titting the reins determinedly. 1995 A. Fenton i. 40 E beas chaaed intill e fresh strae fine, gettin eir tongues roon wispies an tittin em oot wi a sidewyes pull o e heid. society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)] c1480 (a1400) St. Ninian 983 in W. M. Metcalfe (1896) II. 332 About his nek þai knyt a rape, & tit hym vpe, & lefit hyme þare. 1488 (c1478) Hary (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 212 Be he entrit his hed was in the swar, Tytt to the bawk, hangyt to ded rycht thar. a1513 W. Dunbar (1998) I. 148 Sum..nevir fra taking can hald thair hand, Quhill he be tit vp to ane tre. 1638 R. Brathwait (new ed.) iii. sig. T2 A Piper being here committed, Guilty found, condemn'd and titted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † titv.2Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative of the sound of a light or sharp tap; compare tat v.1 Compare earlier tick v.1 Compare also tit n.3 Obsolete. the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike lightly 1589 J. Lyly sig. Bv Elderton swore hee had rimes lying a steepe in ale, which shoulde marre all your reasons: there is an olde hacker that shall take order for to print them... The first begins, Come tit me come tat me, come throw a halter at me. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster ii. sig. C3 v Come tit mee, come tat mee, come throw a kisse at me. 1617 B. Rich 12 She that can sing Come Tit me, Come Tat me. 1901 ‘G. Douglas’ v. 42 He's a brother o'—eh..(tit-tit-titting on his brow)—oh, just a brother o' Dru'cken Will Goudie. 1904 R. Ford 39 The one who survives the ordeal until all the rest have been ‘chapped’ or ‘titted’ out is declared ‘it’. 2. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > jeering, taunting, or scoffing > [verb (intransitive)] 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán ii. 133 They would vpbraid me therewith..; Titting and flouting at me. 1891 R. P. Chope Tit..to twit or teaze. 1905 VI. 166/1 To tit a person about anything. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > reproach with 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán i. 147 Or that it should be tit in my teeth; that I had beene at the Court, and not seene the King. 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca 424 Notwithstanding all this Absalon titted him in the teeth, saying, Is this thy loue to thy friend? 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas xii. 146 Doe not tit mee in the teeth with these thy idle memorialls of my mother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2019). titint.n.5Origin: Either (i) an imitative or expressive formation. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: titty n.1 Etymology: Either (i) imitative of a clicking sound made to attract a cat's attention (perhaps compare tchick n.), perhaps influenced by kit n.3 or (ii) perhaps shortened < titty n.1 Perhaps compare also tit n.4 or tit n.3 Now rare and English regional ( Yorkshire). the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific call or hail 1827 16 June 394/2 The familiar ‘tit-tit!’..made the little kitten run and pounce. 1836 C. Dickens (1837) xvi. 168 ‘It must have been the cat, Sarah,’ said the girl...‘Puss, puss, puss—tit, tit, tit.’ 1875 C. M. Yonge II. ii. 32 Tit! Tit! Tittie!..Has anyone seen a tabby cat? 1962 H. Orton & W. J. Halliday I. i. 324 What do you call the female (cat)?.. [Yorkshire] Tit. 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