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 Definitions of nipple  [ˈnɪp əl]  

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Definition of 'nipple' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) nipple
a protuberance of the mamma or breast where, in the female, the milk ducts discharge; teat.

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

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

Etymology:  (1855–60)

Definition of 'nipple' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, teat, tit
the small projection of a mammary gland

2. (noun) nipple
a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier


Definition of 'nipple' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) nipple
one of the two raised areas on sb's breast
the area around the nipples

2.  nipple
the part a baby sucks on a baby's bottle
Make sure the nipple is clean.


Definition of 'nipple' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) nipple
the protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap

2. (noun) nipple
the orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged

3. (noun) nipple
any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge

4. (noun) nipple
a pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings


Translation of 'nipple' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the darker, pointed part of a woman's breast from which a baby sucks milk; the equivalent part of a male breast.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tepel Arabic flag Arabic: حَلَمَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: зърно
Brazilian flag Brazilian: mamilo Czech flag Czech: bradavka German flag German: die Brustwarze
Danish flag Danish: brystvorte Greek flag Greek: θηλή στήθους Spanish flag Spanish: pezón
Estonian flag Estonian: rinnanibu Farsi flag Farsi: پستانک مخصوص شيربچه Finnish flag Finnish: nänni
French flag French: mamelon Hebrew flag Hebrew: פִּיטמָה Hindi flag Hindi: स्तनाग्र
Croatian flag Croatian: prsne bradavice Hungarian flag Hungarian: mellbimbó Indonesian flag Indonesian: puting susu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: geirvarta Italian flag Italian: capezzolo Japanese flag Japanese: 乳首
Korean flag Korean: 젖꼭지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: spenys, spenelis Latvian flag Latvian: krūtsgals
Malay flag Malay: puting payu dara Dutch flag Dutch: tepel Norwegian flag Norwegian: brystvorte
Polish flag Polish: brodawka sutkowa Persian flag Persian: پستانک مخصوص شيربچه Pashto flag Pashto: د شيدو چوشك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: mamilo Romanian flag Romanian: sfârc Russian flag Russian: сосок
Slovak flag Slovak: bradavka Slovenian flag Slovenian: prsna bradavica Serbian flag Serbian: bradavica
Swedish flag Swedish: bröstvårta Thai flag Thai: หัวนม Turkish flag Turkish: meme başı/ucu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 乳頭 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сосок Urdu flag Urdu: پستان کي گھنڈي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: núm vú Chinese flag Chinese: 乳头

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