teat

Meanings

Plural: teats

Noun

the small projection of a mammary gland
The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
Something resembling a teat, such as a small protuberance or nozzle.
An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English tete, from Old French tete (“teat”) (compare French tette), from Frankish *tittā, *tittō, from Proto-Germanic *tittaz (“teat; nipple; breast”), ultimately of expressive origin. Compare Old High German zizza ("teat"; modern German Zitze), whence also Italian zizza (“teat”).
It heavily displaced Old English titt, a cognate of the same origin, which survives as tit, but in more vulgar use. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze (“teat”).

Synonyms

mamilla, mammilla, nipple, pap, tit

Scrabble Score: 4

teat is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
teat is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
teat is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 4

teat is a valid Words With Friends word