nipple
noun/ˈnɪpl/
/ˈnɪpl/
- either of the two small round dark parts on a person’s chest. Babies can drink milk from their mother’s breasts through the nipples.Topics Bodyc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- erect
- hard
- swollen
- …
- pinch
- suck
- squeeze
- …
- harden
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- (North American English) (British English teat)the rubber part at the end of a baby’s bottle that the baby sucks on with its lips and tongue in order to get milk, etc. from the bottle
- a small metal, plastic or rubber object that is like a nipple in shape with a small hole in the end, especially one that is used as part of a machine to direct oil, etc. into a particular place
- a grease nipple
Word Originmid 16th cent. (also as neble, nible): perhaps a diminutive of neb.
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