nipples

Noun

nipple (plural nipples)

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   tit, nipples, blinkers, braille, bullets, bumps, chichis, circuit breakers, cookies, daggers

2. 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
3. A mechanical device through which liquids or gases can be passed in a regulated manner.
4. An artificial nipple (noun sense 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.

   Synonyms:

   teat

5. Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on computer keyboards.
6. Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.

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