Tit
Tit , noun
1.
A small horse. — Tusser
2.
A woman; -- used in contempt. — Burton
3.
A morsel; a bit. — Halliwell
4.
(a) (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of small singing birds belonging to the families Paridae and Leiotrichidae; a titmouse.
(b)
(Zoology) The European meadow pipit; a titlark.
Collocations (5)
Hill tit (Zoology) , any one of numerous species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to Siva, Milna, and allied genera.
Tit babbler (Zoology) , 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 (Zoology) , 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.