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TITTLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tittle mean?
• TITTLE (noun)
The noun TITTLE has 1 sense:
1. a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Familiarity information: TITTLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
iota; scintilla; shred; smidge; smidgen; smidgeon; smidgin; tittle; whit
Hypernyms ("tittle" is a kind of...):
small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)
Context examples
The attentions of a certain person can hardly be among the tittle-tattle of Highbury yet.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
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