nipple
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Is nipple a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.Synonyms: tit, nipples, blinkers, braille, bullets, bumps, chichis, circuit breakers
2. (now chiefly historical) A perforated segment that fits into part of the breech of a muzzle-loading gun, on which the percussion cap is fixed.Examples: "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."historical
3. (plumbing, chiefly US) A short tube threaded at both ends, used as a connector.US
4. (cycling) An internally threaded piece which holds a bicycle spoke in place on the rim.Examples: "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."
5. (computing, humorous) A pointing stick.humorous
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To fit (a baby's bottle, etc.) with a nipple.transitive
2. (transitive) To give one's nipple to (a baby) to allow breastfeeding.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary