nipple
Meanings
Plural: nipples
Noun
- the small projection of a mammary gland
- a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier
- The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- The nipple (definition 1) and the areola together.
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
- An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
- Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
- Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
- A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
- A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
- A pointing stick.
Verb
- To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.
- To give one's nipple to (a baby) to allow breastfeeding.
Origin / Etymology
From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .
Synonyms
blinkers, braille, bullets, bumps, chichis, circuit breakers, cookies, daggers, diamond cutters, dinner plates, glass cutters, headlights, high beams, horns, mamilla, mammilla, nertz, nipples, nips, nubbins, pancakes, pap, paps, pimentos, pointers, points, raisins, silver dollars, teat, teats, thermometers, tit, tits
Scrabble Score: 10
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