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nipple

[ nip-uhl ]

/ ˈnɪp əl /

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noun

a protuberance of the mamma or breast where, in the female, the milk ducts discharge; teat.

something resembling it, as the mouthpiece of a nursing bottle or pacifier.

a short piece of pipe with threads on each end, used for joining valves.

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Origin of nipple

1520–30; earlier neble, nib(b)le, nepil; perhaps akin to nib; compare Danish nip point; see -le

OTHER WORDS FROM nipple

nip·ple·less, adjective

Words nearby nipple

Nipissing, Nipmuck, nipper, nippers, nipping, nipple, nipple line, nipple shield, nipplewort, Nippon, Nipponese

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Example sentences from the Web for nipple

In 1851, the first modern feeding bottle—an elaborate contraption with a cork nipple and ivory pins that selectively closed inlets to regulate air flow—was invented in France, pushing wet nursing to near extinction.
Startups are racing to reproduce breast milk in the lab|Katie McLean|December 18, 2020|MIT Technology Review
There is also a dispute about a female nipple in a post about breast cancer.
Facebook’s Oversight Board Is Reviewing Its First Cases. Critics Say It Won't Solve the Platform's Biggest Problems|Billy Perrigo|December 7, 2020|Time
Because God forbid boys would be distracted by the slight natural erection of a nipple.
“In The Life Of A Woman”|LGBTQ-Editor|November 5, 2020|No Straight News
But the Free the Nipple movement needs men, and the men of my generation are all for this cause.
‘Free The Nipple’: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right to Go Topless|Lizzie Crocker|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But neither one translates on screen in Free the Nipple, which often feels like a well-produced student film.
‘Free The Nipple’: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right to Go Topless|Lizzie Crocker|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I spoke to Allen, who had traveled down from Boston to support a Free The Nipple parade and to check out Boobie Trap.
Women, It's Time to Reclaim Our Breasts|Emily Shire|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nipple also posted the rather regressive question “Did gender equality go to far?”
Why Tracking Hookups and Orgasms Like Footsteps and Calories May Not Provide You with Personal Insight|Emily Shire|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The initial responses to Nipple didn't seem to be so much about the app itself, as much as its terrible grammar.
Why Tracking Hookups and Orgasms Like Footsteps and Calories May Not Provide You with Personal Insight|Emily Shire|March 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was the highest peak in the neighborhood of the coast, and was called the Nipple.
Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk|John Ross Browne
Saying this, I walked a few steps from the place where we were lying down, to see if there was any way of scaling the Nipple.
Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk|John Ross Browne
In one of his expeditions over Nipple Top he chanced upon the cave.
In the Wilderness|Charles Dudley Warner
There were no flat, or Peento, peaches but a sort known as Venus's Nipple was seemingly a typical beaked peach.
The Peaches of New York|U. P. Hedrick
Nipple-shields, with broad bases and openings, should always be obtained.
The Physical Life of Woman:|Dr. George H Napheys

British Dictionary definitions for nipple

nipple

/ (ˈnɪpəl) /

noun

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 ductsRelated adjective: mamillary

something resembling a nipple in shape or function

Also called: grease nipple a small drilled bush, usually screwed into a bearing, through which grease is introduced

US and Canadian an informal word for dummy (def. 11)

Word Origin for nipple

C16: from earlier neble, nible, perhaps from neb, nib

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for nipple

nipple

[ nĭp′əl ]

n.

The projection at the apex of the mammary gland, on the surface of which the lactiferous ducts open, surrounded by the circular pigmented areola.mamilla papilla mammae teat thelium

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for nipple

nipple

[ nĭp′əl ]

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

The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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