tit

views updated

tit1 / tit/ • n. a titmouse. ∎  used in names of similar or related birds, e.g.,New Zealand tit.tit2 • n. vulgar slang chiefly N. Amer. a woman's breast or nipple.PHRASES: suck the hind tit inf. receive less of something than others who are competing for it.tits and ass vulgar slang, chiefly N. Amer. (or chiefly Brit. tits and bums) used in reference to the use of crudely sexual images of women.tit3 • n. (in phrase tit for tat) the infliction of an injury or insult in return for one that one has suffered: [as adj.] the conflict staggered on with tit-for-tat assassinations.

More From encyclopedia.com