titchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s.

名詞

titch (plural titches)

1. (British, colloquial) A very small person; a small child.

   I ain't afraid of a titch like you.

   • 1995, Philip Mitchell, One Moonlit Night, translation of Un Nos Ola Leuad by Caradog Prichard, page 106:

     We called him Titch because he was a tiny little man, and he had a mop of black hair.

派生語

• titchy

参考

• tich

語源 2

From 中期英語 techen, tüchen, variant or dialectal forms of 中期英語 touchen (“to touch”).

名詞

titch (plural titches)

1. (colloquial) A small amount of something.

   I'll have just a titch more cake.

   • 1988, Howard Lewis Russell, Rush to Nowhere‎, page 148:

     “...and just a titch of my special pepper sauce over these turnip greens, everybody loves turnip greens.”

動詞

titch (third-person singular simple present titches, present participle titching, simple past and past participle titched)

1. Pronunciation spelling of touch.
   • 1865, Nathan Hogg, Poetical Letters‎, page 63:

     Vur Bob eszul wis awful titch'd
     An went jist like a hoss a witch'd.

   • 1894, Sabine Baring-Gould, Kitty Alone‎, page 120:

     There was some sort of affray between you and Flood. The constables separated you. What led to this?
     […] I titched Noah and Noah titched me and my hat falled off.

語源 3

Variant or colloquial pronunciation of teach.

動詞

titch (third-person singular simple present titches, present participle titching, simple past and past participle titched)

1. Pronunciation spelling of teach.
   • 1888, George Washington Cable, Bonaventure‎, page 114:

     “yass, dass all right: but how we know you titch English? Nobody can’t tell you titchin’ him right or no.”

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