teat

American  

[teet, tit] / tit, tɪt /

noun

teats plural

1. the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.

2. something resembling a teat.

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teat British  

/ tiːt /

noun

1. 1. the nipple of a mammary gland

   2. (in cows, etc) any of the projections from the udder through which milk is discharged See nipple

2. something resembling a teat in shape or function, such as the rubber mouthpiece of a feeding bottle

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teat Scientific  

/ tēt,tĭt /

1. A small projection near the center of the mammary gland of many female mammals that contains the outlet of the milk ducts. Each teat contains a single milk duct, while nipples each contain more than one.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• teats
  plural

Etymology

Origin of teat

1250–1300; Middle English tete < Old French < Germanic; see tit ²

Example Sentences

That prepared Maryland for the actual Teat, and Welding started the game by walking over to the Cornell attack and placing the top of his stick on Teat’s back.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2018

Teat, his season over, ambled to the Cornell bench.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2018

Just after Cornell beat Syracuse on May 13, Maryland’s defensemen knew Teat would be at the top of the game plan.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2018

Cornell attackman Jeff Teat had two shadows Sunday afternoon.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2018

"Teat it, papa," and he laid his little head on papa's breast with perfect confidence that the pain would soon be gone.

From The Right Knock A Story by Van-Anderson, Helen

Related Words

• bosom
• chest
• nipple