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==English== |
==English== |
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|image1=Weibliche brust en.jpg|caption1=A woman's breasts, with the '''nipple''' ({{senseno|en|anatomy}}) indicated. |
| image1 = Weibliche brust en (cropped).jpg |
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| caption1 = A woman's breasts, with the '''nipple''' ({{senseno|en|anatomy}}) indicated. |
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|image2=Pipe nipple.jpg|caption2= |
| image2 = Pipe nipple.jpg |
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| caption2 = A pipe '''nipple''' (connector, {{senseno|en|plumbing}}) |
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|image3=Bicycle spoke nipples.jpg|caption3= |
| image3 = Bicycle spoke nipples.jpg |
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| caption3 = Spoke '''nipples''' ({{senseno|en|cycling}}) |
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|image4=Mouse_pointing_stick.jpeg|caption4=''' |
| image4 = Mouse_pointing_stick.jpeg |
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| caption4 = '''Nipple''' ({{senseno|en|computing}}) on a laptop keyboard |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈnɪ.p(ə)l/}} |
* {{IPA|en|/ˈnɪ.p(ə)l/}} |
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* {{audio|en|en-us-nipple.ogg| |
* {{audio|en|en-us-nipple.ogg|a=US}} |
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* {{rhymes|en|ɪpəl|s=2}} |
* {{rhymes|en|ɪpəl|s=2}} |
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{{en-noun}} |
{{en-noun}} |
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# {{senseid|en|anatomy}} {{lb|en|anatomy}} The projection of a [[mammary gland]] from which, on female mammals, [[milk]] is secreted. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
# {{senseid|en|anatomy}} {{lb|en|anatomy}} The projection of a [[mammary gland]] from which, on female [[therian]] mammals, [[milk]] is secreted. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
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#: {{syn|en|tit|Thesaurus:nipples}} |
#: {{syn|en|tit|Thesaurus:nipples}} |
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# A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
# A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. {{defdate|from 16th c.}} |
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====Derived terms==== |
====Derived terms==== |
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|grease nipple |
|grease nipple |
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|nip |
|nip |
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|Nipple Butte |
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|nipple cactus |
|nipple cactus |
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|nipple clamp |
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|nipple-confused |
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|nipple confusion |
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|nipple cripple |
|nipple cripple |
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|nippled |
|nippled |
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|nipplefruit |
|nipplefruit |
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|nipple gong |
|nipple gong |
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|nipple guard |
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|nippleless |
|nippleless |
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|nipplelike |
|nipplelike |
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|nipple mouse |
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|nipple pastie |
|nipple pastie |
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|nipple pasty |
|nipple pasty |
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|nipple shield |
|nipple shield |
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|nipplewort |
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|nipplewort|nipple clamp|nipple guard|nipple wrench|pepperoni nipple|slippery nipple |
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|nipple wrench |
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|nippley |
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|nipply|Paget's disease of the nipple |
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|pepperoni nipple |
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|slippery nipple |
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|spoke nipple |
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* Slovene: {{t+|sl|prsna bradavica|f}} |
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|prsna bradavica|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|pezón|m}} |
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pezón|m}} |
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* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|bobimofo}} |
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* Swahili: {{t+|sw|chuchu|cn}} |
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|chuchu|cn}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bröstvårta|c}}, {{qualifier|medical}} {{t+|sv|nippel|c}}, {{qualifier|of animals}} {{t+|sv|spene|c}} |
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bröstvårta|c}}, {{qualifier|medical}} {{t+|sv|nippel|c}}, {{qualifier|of animals}} {{t+|sv|spene|c}} |
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{{trans-top|short threaded connecting tube}} |
{{trans-top|short threaded connecting tube}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|ни́пел|m}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ни́пел|m}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nippel|m}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nippel|m}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|liitin}}, {{t+|fi|nippa}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|liitin}}, {{t+|fi|nippa}} |
Latest revision as of 04:13, 15 September 2024
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nipple (plural nipples)
- (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: tit; see also Thesaurus:nipples
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner. [from 16th c.]
- An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: teat
- Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
- Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.
- (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed. [from 19th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 23:
- I could tell he didn't agree but he went to the corner and took up his squirrel gun, feeling the nipple for a percussion cap.
- (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector. [from 19th c.]
- (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim. [from 20th c.]
- Turn the nipples on to the bicycle spokes only one turn, for each spoke on the new wheel all the way around until they are all snug, then check alignment.
- (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.
Derived terms
[edit]- grease nipple
- nip
- Nipple Butte
- nipple cactus
- nipple clamp
- nipple-confused
- nipple confusion
- nipple cripple
- nippled
- nipplefruit
- nipple gong
- nipple guard
- nippleless
- nipplelike
- nipple mouse
- nipple pastie
- nipple pasty
- nipple shield
- nipplewort
- nipple wrench
- nippley
- nipply
- Paget's disease of the nipple
- pepperoni nipple
- slippery nipple
- spoke nipple
Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]projection of mammary gland
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device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner
artificial nipple for bottle feeding
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small protrusion on machinery that fits into a groove
short threaded connecting tube
piece to connect a bicycle spoke to the rim
pointing stick — see also pointing stick
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Verb
[edit]nipple (third-person singular simple present nipples, present participle nippling, simple past and past participle nippled)
- (transitive) To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.
- (transitive) To give one's nipple to (a baby) to allow breastfeeding.
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Yola
[edit]Noun
[edit]nipple
- diminutive of neape
- GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Nipple is a diminutive of nape or neap.
- GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
References
[edit]- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59
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- English 2-syllable words
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Anatomy
- English terms with historical senses
- English terms with quotations
- American English
- en:Cycling
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Computing
- English humorous terms
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Yola lemmas
- Yola nouns
- Yola diminutive nouns