nipple
Syllables: nip·ple/ˈnɪp.əl/
nipple noun: the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
Noun
nipple (plural nipples)
- The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- Mary felt annoyed at the girl; just because bras had become passé, did a girl with so pronounced a bosom have to cater to fashion? In this case practicality dictated a bra, and Mary stood at the desk feeling herself flushing with disapproval. And artificial nipple-dilation; it was just too much.1964, Philip K. Dick, “THREE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 27
- The nipple (noun sense 1) and the areola together.
- Joan Trieste wore skin-tight dark pants and slippers and a cotton man’s-style shirt; as far as he could tell, she had on no bra, as fashion dictated, but her nipples were merely flat dark circles beneath the white cotton fabric of her shirt: she could not afford or did not care to have the...1964, Philip K. Dick, “FOUR”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 37
- A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
- An artificial nipple (noun sense 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
- Synonyms:
- 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.
- A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.
- 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.2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 23
- A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
- An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.
- 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.
- These were first constructed by heading the spokes, threading them through a steel felloe or rim and inserting them into screwed nipples which were in their turn screwed into the flanges of the hub.1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 5
- A pointing stick.
Verb
nipple (third-person singular simple present nipples, present participle nippling, simple past and past participle nippled)
- To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.
- To give one's nipple to (a baby) to allow breastfeeding.
nipple meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nipple in Hindi
- projection of mammary gland
- चुचुक cucuk, स्तनाग्र stanāgra, कुचाग्र kucāgra, भिटनी bhiṭnī
- artificial nipple for bottle feeding
- चुचुक cucuk
nipple in Tamil
- projection of mammary gland
- காம்பு kāmpu, முலைக்காம்பு mulaikkāmpu, ஒஞ்சி oñci
nipple in Marathi
- स्तनाग्र
nipple in Urdu
- projection of mammary gland
- چوچی cūcī
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- nipple in Bengali
- স্তনবৃন্ত stonbrinto
- nipple in Telugu
- చనుముక్కు canumukku
- nipple in Malayalam
- മുലക്കണ്ണ്
- nipple in Kannada
- ತೊಟ್ಟು, ಎದೆತೊಟ್ಟು
- nipple in Punjabi
- ਨਿੱਪਲ, ਨਿਪਲ
- nipple in Gujarati
- ડીંટડી ḍī̃ṭḍī, બોબા bobā
- nipple in Odia
- ଚେର cera
- nipple in Sanskrit
- बर्जह्य barjahyá, कुचाग्र kucāgra, पिप्पल píppala, स्तन stána
- nipple in Nepali
- निप्पल, निपल
- nipple in Pashto
- مېمی memáy
- nipple in Tagalog
- utong
- nipple in Arabic
- حَلَمَة ḥalama
- nipple in Malay
- puting, dot
- nipple in Indonesian
- pentil, puting susu
- nipple in Persian
- نوک پستان nok-e pestân, سرپستان sar-pestân, حلمه halame, داره dâre
- nipple in Thai
- หัวนม hǔua-nom
- nipple in Vietnamese
- núm vú
- nipple in Myanmar
- နို့သီးခေါင်း nui.si:hkaung:, နို့သီး nui.si:
Synonyms of nipple
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Forms of nipple
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | nipples |
| alternative form (obsolete) | neple |
| alternative form (obsolete) | nypil |
| alternative form (obsolete) | nyppell |
| alternative form (obsolete) | neapel |
| alternative form (obsolete) | neaple |
| alternative form (obsolete) | neble |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | nipples |
| present participle | nippling |
| past participle | nippled |
| past | nippled |
Origin of nipple
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" .
Words formed from nipple
- Batnipples
- grease nipple
- lipple
- micronipple
- nip
- Nipple Butte
- nipple cactus
- nipple clamp
- nipple clip
- nipple-confused
- nipple confusion
- nipple cripple
- nippled
- nipple-dilated
- nipple-dilation
- nipplefruit
- nipplegasm
- Nipplegate
- nipple gong
- nipple guard
- nippleless
- nipplelike
- nipple mouse
- nipple of Venus
- nipple pastie
- nipple pasty
- nipple shield
- nipplewort
- nipple wrench
- nippley
- nipply
- Paget's disease of the nipple
- pepperoni nipple
- scalp-ear-nipple syndrome
- slippery nipple
- spoke nipple
Phrases with nipple
Words that rhyme with nipple
Questions about nipple
- What does nipple mean?
- Nipple means the projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.
- What is nipple in Hindi?
- Nipple in Hindi is चुचुक (cucuk), स्तनाग्र (stanāgra), कुचाग्र (kucāgra). See Nipple meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nipple?
- Nipple can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce nipple?
- Nipple is pronounced /ˈnɪp.əl/.
- What is the plural of nipple?
- The plural of nipple is nipples.
Words near nipple in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nipple (page history and authors); nipple (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nipple (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nipple (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nipple (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ડીંટડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଚେର (Odia) (page history and authors); कुचाग्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); nipple (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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