Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

titch

/tɪt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: titch
IPA: /tɪt͡ʃ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very small person; a small child.

British usage; Colloquial

noun

A small amount.

British usage; Colloquial

noun

A small amount of something.

Colloquial

verb

Pronunciation spelling of touch.

verb

Pronunciation spelling of teach.

Example Sentences

"I ain't afraid of a titch like you."
"We called him Titch because he was a tiny little man, and he had a mop of black hair."
"Is there any milk left? Just a titch."
"I'll have just a titch more cake."
"“...and just a titch of my special pepper sauce over these turnip greens, everybody loves turnip greens.”"
"Vur Bob eszul wis awful titch'd An went jist like a hoss a witch'd."

Etymology

From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, or influenced by, a word from Old English ticcen (“young goat”).

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: ticcen, techen

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

titches (plural) titches (present, singular) titching (participle, present) titched (participle, past) titched (past)

Derived Forms

titchy

Frequently Paired Words

tich

Homonyms

tich

Rhymes With

which rich bitch switch on-off switch pitch sandwich witch mercury switch mitch ditch niche

Questions

How do you pronounce titch?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɪt͡ʃ/.
What does titch mean?: A very small person; a small child.
Where does titch come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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