[? Infantile variant of KIT sb.3] Used as a call to a cat.
1828. Craven Gloss., Tit, this, with its adjunct puss, is frequently used for calling a cat.
1837. Dickens, Pickw., xvi. ‘It must have been the cat, Sarah,’ said the girl…. ‘Puss, puss, puss—tit, tit, tit.’
