The nipples on someone's body are the two small pieces of slightly hard flesh on their chest. Babies suck milk from their mothers' breasts through their mothers' nipples.
Sore nipples can inhibit the milk supply.
2. countable noun
A nipple is a piece of rubber or plastic which is fitted to the top of a baby's bottle.
...a white plastic bottle with a rubber nipple.
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nipple in British English
(ˈnɪpəl)
noun
1. 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 ducts
▶ Related adjective: mamillary
2.
something resembling a nipple in shape or function
3. Also called: grease nipple
a small drilled bush, usually screwed into a bearing, through which grease is introduced
4. US and Canadian an informal word for dummy (sense 11)
Word origin
C16: from earlier neble, nible, perhaps from neb, nib
nipple in American English
(ˈnɪpəl)
noun
1.
the small protuberance on a breast or udder through which, in the female, the milk passes in suckling the young; teat
2.
an artificial teatlike part, as of rubber, in the cap of a baby's nursing bottle
3.
any projection, part, or thing resembling the nipple of a breast in shape or function
; specif.,
a.
a short piece of pipe with both ends threaded
b.
a projection with a small opening through which a liquid or grease can be forced
Word origin
earlier neble, prob. dim. of neb
Synonyms of 'nipple'
teat, breast, udder, dug
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In other languages
nipple
British English: nipple NOUN
The nipples on someone's body are the two small pieces of slightly hard flesh on their chest. Babies suck milk from their mothers' breasts through their mothers' nipples.
Sore nipples can inhibit the milk supply.
American English: nipple
Brazilian Portuguese: mamilo
Chinese: 乳头
European Spanish: pezón
French: mamelon
German: Brustwarze
Italian: capezzolo
Japanese: 乳首
Korean: 유두
European Portuguese: mamilo
Latin American Spanish: pezón
Chinese translation of 'nipple'
nipple
(ˈnɪpl)
n(c)
(on body) 乳头(頭) (rǔtóu) (个(個), gè)
(US, on bottle) 橡皮奶头(頭) (xiàngpí nǎitóu) (个(個), gè)
英 = teat
(noun)
Definition
the small projection in the centre of each breast, which in females contains the outlet of the milk ducts
Most newborn mammals possess an instinctive urge to seek out their mother's nipple.
Synonyms
teat
breast
A sports bra provides support for the breasts.
udder
dug
pap
papilla
mamilla
boob (slang)
tit (vulgar, slang)
related words
technical namemamilla
related adjectivemamillary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of breast
Definition
either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on a woman's chest