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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| tit for tat | |
| —n | |
| an equivalent given in return or retaliation; blow for blow | |
| [C16: from earlier tip for tap] | |
Giving back exactly what one receives: “If you hit me, I'll do the same to you; it's tit for tat.”
tit for tat
Repayment in kind, retaliation, as in If he won't help with the beach clean-up, I won't run a booth at the bake sale; that's tit for tat. This term is believed to be a corruption of tip for tap, which meant "a blow for a blow." Its current form dates from the mid-1500s.