Definitions

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  • adjective informal tiny, very small.

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Examples

  • I've known the word titchy since early childhood but had never thought about its origin until, on a recent trip to the Basque country, I became aware that there is a Basque word titxia pronounced "titchia", meaning small.

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • Now, how in the hell am I supposed to know what "titchy" means?

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • Little Tich is a familiar name to me, but I didn't realize 'titchy' came from him!

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • Then again, I did have every single Asterix and Obelix book ever published anyone with a remote appreciation of puns ought look up these works of genius, and the word "titchy" was often applied to Asterix.

    languagehat.com: TITCHY. 2004

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • The keyboard has been described as slightly cramped and the trackpad "titchy," so this maybe more suited to those with smaller hands.

    Pocket-lint 2010

  • Alex at Shedworking calls it "the titchiest public library in the UK"; I had to look that up, and found that "titchy" is a British colloquialism for "very small."

    TreeHugger 2009

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  • eenswy-weensy. british slang. as seen in harry potter.

    July 24, 2007

  • "It was the second batch of majoun that decided me. The first was forgivably small, but the second was titchy."

    Psychogeography by Will Self, 93

    October 16, 2010

  • When Celia was angry with Richie

    Her vengeance was cleverly bitchy:

    She’d cook favorite dishes

    But (this part is vicious)

    The portions, though tasty, were titchy.

    March 17, 2018