Nipple Definition

nĭpəl
nipples
noun
nipples
The small protuberance on a breast or udder through which, in the female, the milk passes in suckling the young; teat.
Webster's New World
A corresponding projection of the male breast.
American Heritage Medicine
An artificial teatlike part, as of rubber, in the cap of a baby's nursing bottle.
Webster's New World
A pacifier for an infant.
American Heritage Medicine
Any projection, part, or thing resembling the nipple of a breast in shape or function.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Nipple

Noun

Singular:
nipple
Plural:
nipples

Origin of Nipple

  • From earlier neple, nypil, *neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point"), equivalent to nib +"Ž -le.

    From Wiktionary

  • From obsolete neble diminutive of neb

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nipple Sentence Examples

  • He released the nipple and started to cry.

  • He was shirtless, revealing a hickey the size of Crater Lake just above his right nipple.

  • There is a baby's dummy on the ground (an artificial nipple to keep a baby quiet ).

  • The area around the nipple (the aureole) will increase in size.

  • She latched onto the nipple, sucking so hard that air leaked between her lips and the nipple with a squeaky sound.

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Words Starting With

NNINIP

Words Ending With

ELEPLE

Unscrambles

nipple

Words Starting With N and Ending With E

Starts With N & Ends With EStarts With NI & Ends With EStarts With N & Ends With LE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With N6 Letter Words Ending With E