Definition of "titi" [ti•ti]

• A New World shrub or small tree (Cyrilla racemiflora) of warm swampy areas, having leathery leaves, yellow fruit, and white flowers in clustered racemes that are borne at the tip of the preceding season's growth. Also called leatherwood. (noun)
• An evergreen shrub or small tree (Cliftonia monophylla) of the southeast United States, having glossy leathery leaves, white to pinkish flowers clustered in racemes, and winged fruit. (noun)
• Any of various small, long-tailed, arboreal monkeys of the genus Callicebus, living in tropical regions of South America. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Several times during that day poor "titi" was the subject of conversation; indeed, they could hardly talk about anything else."
• "Thierry Henry joins the New York Red Bulls Presentation of the international star Thierry Henry 'titi' NY RED BULL MLS 2010"
• "[mathieu@localhost rpmbuild] (master) $ echo "titi" > SPECS/dummy. spec"