Nipple

Noun

 * 1) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
 * 2) An artificial nipple (definition 1) used for bottle-feeding infants.
 * 3) A mechanical device through which liquids can be passed in a regulated manner.
 * 4) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.
 * 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.
 * 1) Any small physical protrusion, such as the lumps on the F and J keys on American keyboards.
 * 2) Any small physical protrusion on an automotive, a machine part or any other part that fits into a groove on another part.

Synonyms
see WikiSaurus:nipples
 * teat (1,2)
 * tit (1)

Derived terms

 * grease nipple
 * Slippery Nipple

Thesaurus
adjutage, bag, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust, catheter, chest, crop, drainpipe, dug, efflux tube, fire hose, flue pipe, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, hose, hosepipe, knockers, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, nenes, organ pipe, pap, papilla, pigeon breast, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, reed, reed pipe, siamese, siamese connection, siphon, snorkel, soil pipe, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw, tap, teat, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure, udder, waste pipe, water pipe

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Afrikaans: nippel
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: պտուկ (ptuk), կրծքապտուկ (krtsqaptuk)
 * Asturian:
 * Basque: titiburo, erro
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: beg ar vronn
 * Catalan: mugró
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 乳頭, 乳头,, ,
 * Min Nan:
 * Crimean Tatar: emşek
 * Czech: bradavka, prsní bradavka
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: tepel (1), speen  (2), nippel  (3, 4)
 * Esperanto: cico, mampinto
 * Estonian: nibu (1)
 * Filipino: dede
 * Finnish: nänni (1), tuttipullo (2)
 * French: mamelon, téton
 * German: Nippel (1, 4), Brustwarze  (1)
 * Greek: ρώγα (1),
 * Hawaiian: maka waiū, maka
 * Hebrew: פטמה (pitma)
 * Hindi: चूची
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: brjóstvarta,
 * Interlingua: papilla
 * Irish:
 * Italian: capezzolo (1,2), ugello (3)


 * Japanese:, 乳頭, ニップル
 * Korean: 젖꼭지 (jeotggokji), 유두 (yudu)
 * Kurdish: sermemik, serçiçik
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: krūts zirnītis
 * Lithuanian:,   spenys
 * Macedonian:, пупка
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: beżżula
 * Old English:
 * Pitjantjatjara:, ipi mulya
 * Portuguese: mamilo, bico do seio (1), chupeta , chupadouro , bico de mamadeira  (2)
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: chavadè, cavadi, tgavadi, tgavadel, chavdè, mamilla
 * Russian: сосок, соска
 * Scottish Gaelic: sine, ceann-na-cìche
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene: prsna bradavica,
 * Spanish: niple, pezón
 * Swedish: nippel, spene, bröstvårta
 * Turkish: meme başı, meme ucu, göğüs ucu şişe emziği (2), emzik (2)
 * Urdu: چوچي
 * Volapük: blötatät


 * Esperanto: cicumo


 * Finnish: tutti
 * French: tétine

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