tomtit n widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head Usage(s) Clubs and societies stirred uneasily at the prospect of North Carolina's becoming known as the "tomtit State. But, as her father said, in his uncouth country way, she did not have the sense of a tomtit. He rushed through the door, "found this little hasty hero, like a terrible tomtit, pertly perching upon the mount of love" and pulled him away. Synonym(s) blue tit Parus caeruleus