tom-tit

tom-tit
Petroica macrocephala, the Miromiro or New Zealand Tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family.

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  • tom|tit — «TOM TIHT», noun. 1. a small bird, especially a titmouse. 2. British Dialect. any one of various other small birds, such as the wren and the tree creeper. ╂[< tom + tit1] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tom Tit — Arthur Good Arthur Good (1853 1928) a écrit, à la fin du XIXe siècle, sous le pseudonyme Tom Tit des articles hebdomadaires dans L Illustration sous le titre La Science Amusante. Ce sont des explications concernant des expériences de physique… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Tom Tit — Cockney Rhyming Slang Shit I m going for a Tom Tit …   English dialects glossary

  • Tom Tit Tot —    This, one of the most famous English *fairytales, is an analogue to Rum plestiltskin in the *Grimms collection. A peasant girl is taken as wife by a king, on the understanding that she will spin five skeins of flax per day for a month, as her… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

  • tom tit — noun a shit Syn: brace and bit, Eartha Kitt, William Pitt …   Wiktionary

  • tom-tit — …   Useful english dictionary

  • tit — an·tit·ro·py; an·tit·y·py; ap·pe·tit·ost; bi·o·tit·ize; cys·tit·ic; der·ma·tit·ic; fit·tit; hem·a·tit·ic; hit·tit·ol·o·gy; in·tit·u·la·tion; in·tit·ule; lich·tit; mas·tit·ic; nyc·tit·ro·pism; par·o·tit·ic; peg·ma·tit·ic; peg·ma·tit·ization;… …   English syllables

  • Tom —    1. (Tit)    an act of defecation    Rhyming slang, always of defecation and never used as an insult:     All that Tom Tit blown up in the air. (R. Forbes, 1986 a sewage plant had been bombed)    2. American    a black man who defers unduly to… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • tom — ac·cus·tom; ac·e·tom·e·ter; ac·e·tom·e·try; ad·ap·tom·e·ter; an·a·tom·ic; an·a·tom·i·co·path·o·log·ic; an·gi·o·sco·tom·e·try; an·thro·po·tom·i·cal; ap·er·tom·e·ter; ar·gen·tom·e·ter; ar·gen·tom·e·try; au·tom·a·tism; au·tom·a·tist;… …   English syllables

  • tom — I. n British 1. jewellery. A piece of underworld rhym ing slang, from tomfoolery. 2. a prostitute. In police jargon and in the slang of the underworld and prison this has been a standard term since the 1940s. It derives from a 19th century use of …   Contemporary slang

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