nipple

nip·ple  (npl)

n.

1.

a. The small projection near the center of the mammary gland containing the outlets of the milk ducts through which young mammals obtain milk from the adult female; a teat.

b. A corresponding projection of the male breast.

2.

a. The rubber cap on a bottle from which a baby nurses.

b. A pacifier for an infant.

3. Any of various devices functioning like or resembling a nipple, especially:

a. A regulated opening for discharging a liquid, as in a small stopcock.

b. A pipe coupling threaded on both ends.

c. A short extension of pipe to which a nozzle can be attached.

d. A small projection through which grease in a grease gun can be forced into a bearing.

4. A natural or geographic projection resembling a nipple, as a mountain crest.

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[From obsolete neble, diminutive of neb.]

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nipple [ˈnɪp^əl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Also called mamilla papilla teat the small conical projection in the centre of the areola of each breast, which in women contains the outlet of the milk ducts Related adj mamillary

2. something resembling a nipple in shape or function

3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called grease nipple a small drilled bush, usually screwed into a bearing, through which grease is introduced

4. US and Canadian an informal word for dummy [11]

[from earlier neble, nible, perhaps from neb, nib]

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nipple  (npl)

A small projection near the center of the mammary gland. In females, the nipple contains the outlets of the milk ducts.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nipple - the small projection of a mammary gland mamilla, mammilla, teat, tit, pap reproductive organ, sex organ - any organ involved in sexual reproduction mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals
	2.	nipple - a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier feeding bottle, nursing bottle, bottle - a vessel fitted with a flexible teat and filled with milk or formula; used as a substitute for breast feeding infants and very young children cap - a top (as for a bottle)

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nipple

noun teat, breast, boob (slang), udder, dug, tit, pap, papilla, mamilla Most newborn mammals possess an instinctive urge to seek out their mother's nipple.

Related words
technical name mamilla
adjective mamillary

Translations

nipple [ˈnɪpl] N

1. (Anat) [of female] → pezón m; [of male] → tetilla f; (on baby's bottle) → tetina f

2. (Mech) → boquilla f roscada, manguito m de unión; (for greasing) → engrasador m, pezón m de engrase

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nipple [ˈnɪp^əl] n

(ANATOMY) [woman] → mamelon m, bout m du sein; [animal] → tétine f

(on baby's bottle) → tétine f

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nipple

n

(Anat) → Brustwarze f, → Nippel m (inf); (US: on baby’s bottle) → Sauger m, → Schnuller m (inf)

(Tech) → Nippel m

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nipple [ˈnɪpl] n (Anat) → capezzolo

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nipple [ˈnɪpl] n (Anat) → capezzolo

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nipple

n nipple [ˈnipl]

1 the darker, pointed part of a woman's breast from which a baby sucks milk; the equivalent part of a male breast. tepel حَلَمَه зърно bradavka brystvorte die Brustwarze θηλή στήθους pezón rinnanibu پستانک مخصوص شيربچه nänni mamelon פִּיטמָה स्तनाग्र prsne bradavice mellbimbó puting susu geirvarta capezzolo 乳首 젖꼭지 spenys, spenelis krūtsgals puting payu dara tepel brystvorte brodawka sutkowa mamilo sfârc сосок bradavka prsna bradavica bradavica bröstvårta หัวนม meme başı/ucu 乳頭 сосок پستان کي گھنڈي núm vú 乳头

2 (American) the rubber mouth-piece of a baby's feeding-bottle; a teat. tiet مَصّاصَة قَنينَة الحَليب биберон dudlík suttehoved der Flaschenschnuller πιπίλα μπιμπερό tetina lutt ممه. پستانک tutti tétine פּטמַת בַּקבּוּק निपल, चुसनी duda cucli, cumi dot tútta tettarella 乳首 젖꼭지 모양의 것 žindukas knupītis puting speen tåtesmokk smoczek tetina biberon соска cumlík cucelj cucla napp หัวนมยาง şişe emziği, biberon emziği 橡膠奶嘴 соска بچوں کے دودھ کي بوتل کا ربر کا سرا đầu vú cao su 橡胶奶嘴