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teabag

/ˈtiː(ˌ)bæɡ/

teabag noun: a cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.

teabag: a cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when...
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Noun

teabag (plural teabags)

  1. A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
    • He put a spoon and teabag on the saucer and placed it before Mr. McManus.1980, Walter Stovall, The Minus Pool, page 10

Verb

teabag (third-person singular simple present teabags, present participle teabagging, simple past and past participle teabagged)

  1. (slang, transitive, vulgar) To lower one's scrotum into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.
  2. (vulgar) To sit or crouch repeatedly on the head of another player's character after they are dead, which is a reference to the above sex act.
    • The good news is, you don't have to play 10,000 matches to learn to hold your own against those obnoxious, teabagging 9-year-olds anymore!2007, The Official Xbox Magazine
  3. Of a kite, to have enough lift to repeatedly lift the kite-flyer slightly off the ground, then back down, then back up, etc., in the manner of dunking a teabag into water.

teabag meaning in Indonesian and Persian

teabag in Indonesian

sachet of tea
kantong teh celup

teabag in Persian

sachet of tea
چای کیسهای čây-e kise-i, تی بگ ti bag
lower testicles into or onto another person
خایهخوری xāyexōri, خایهلیسی xāyelisi

Forms of teabag

Noun
pluralteabags
alternative formtea bag
alternative formtea-bag
alternative formT-bag
Verb
third-person singular presentteabags
present participleteabagging
past participleteabagged
pastteabagged

Origin of teabag

From tea + bag.

Words formed from teabag

Questions about teabag

What does teabag mean?
Teabag means a cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
What is teabag in Indonesian?
Teabag in Indonesian is kantong teh celup. See Teabag meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is teabag?
Teabag can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce teabag?
Teabag is pronounced /ˈtiː(ˌ)bæɡ/.
What is the plural of teabag?
The plural of teabag is teabags.

Words near teabag in the dictionary

  1. tea-whisk
  2. tea-whisks
  3. tea-wine
  4. tea-wrap
  5. teabacco
  6. teabag
  7. teabag folding
  8. teabagged
  9. teabagger
  10. teabaggers
  11. teabagging

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