Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK, colloquial)A very small person; a small child.

    I ain't afraid of a titch like you.

  2. (UK, colloquial)A small amount.

    Is there any milk left? Just a titch.

  3. (colloquial)A small amount of something.

    I'll have just a titch more cake.

Origin

From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, o

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”).

From Middle English techen, tüchen, variant or dialectal forms of Middle English touchen (“to touch”).

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Forms

plural: titches
Singulartitch
Pluraltitches

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedtich
Derivedtitchy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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