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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nip•ple /ˈnɪpəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologythe dark part of the breast where, in the female, milk is sucked by a baby;
teat. - something resembling it, such as the mouthpiece of a nursing bottle or a pacifier.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nip•ple (nip′əl),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- 1520–30; earlier neble, nib(b)le, nepil; perh. akin to nib; compare Danish nip point; see -le
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nipple /ˈnɪpəl/ n - 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
- 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
Etymology: 16th Century: from earlier neble, nible, perhaps from neb, nib |