tit

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Noun

Singular tit

Plural tits

A tit

1. (countable) A small bird of the genus Parus or the family Paridae that is common in the northern hemisphere.
2. (countable) A mammary gland or teat.
3. (usually plural) (slang) (vulgar) A woman's breast.

   She's got an amazing pair of tits.

4. (countable) (UK) (slang) An idiot; a fool.

   Look at that tit driving on the wrong side of the road!

5. (countable) (old, no longer used) A small horse; a nag.

   • 1759, he was resolved, for the time to come, to ride his tit with more sobriety. — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)

6. (countable) (old, no longer used) A young girl, especially a hussy.