tit+for+tat

  • 51tit — [ tıt ] noun count 1. ) IMPOLITE a woman s breast 2. ) INFORMAL a TEAT 3. ) a small bird that is common in Europe => TIT FOR TAT …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 52tat — tat1 [tat] vt. tatted, tatting [prob. back form. < TATTING] to make by tatting vi. to do tatting tat2 [tat] n. [< ? TAP1] see TIT FOR TAT …

    English World dictionary

  • 53tat — [tæt] n 1.) [U] BrE informal things that are cheap and badly made 2.) AmE informal an informal American word for ↑tattoo →↑tit for tat …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 54tat — [ tæt ] noun uncount BRITISH INFORMAL cheap objects of bad quality => TIT FOR TAT …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 55tit — English has three separate words tit. The oldest, ‘breast’ [OE], belongs to a West Germanic family of terms for ‘breast’ or ‘nipple’ that also includes German zitze and Dutch tit: it presumably originated in imitation of a baby’s sucking sounds.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 56tit — English has three separate words tit. The oldest, ‘breast’ [OE], belongs to a West Germanic family of terms for ‘breast’ or ‘nipple’ that also includes German zitze and Dutch tit: it presumably originated in imitation of a baby’s sucking sounds.… …

    Word origins

  • 57tit — tit1 /tit/, n. 1. a titmouse. 2. any of various other small birds. 3. Archaic. a girl or young woman; hussy. 4. Archaic. a small or poor horse; nag. [1540 50; repr. ME tite (in titemose TITMOUSE); c. Norw tite titmouse; akin to ON tittr tack, pin …

    Universalium

  • 58tit — 1. n. any of various small birds esp. of the family Paridae. Etymology: prob. f. Scand. 2. n. Phrases and idioms: tit for tat blow for blow; retaliation. Etymology: = earlier tip (TIP(2)) for tap 3. n. 1 colloq. a nipple. 2 coarse sl. a woman s… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 59tit — tit1 noun a titmouse (songbird). Origin C16: prob. of Scand. origin. tit2 noun 1》 vulgar slang a woman s breast. 2》 Brit. informal a foolish or ineffectual person. Phrases get on someone s tits Brit. vulgar slang irritate someone intensely …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 60tat — I. /tæt / (say tat) verb (tatted, tatting) –verb (t) 1. to make by tatting. –verb (i) 2. to do tatting. {origin unknown} II. [c]/tæt / (say tat) noun See tit for tat. III …