'Nipple' definitions:
Definition of 'nipple'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Nipple'
From: GCIDE
- Nipple \Nip"ple\ (n[i^]p"p'l), n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of neb. See Neb, Nib.]
- 1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an oil bag, is discharged. [R.] --Derham. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings. [1913 Webster]
- Solder nipple, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of a lead pipe by soldering. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'nipple'
From: Moby 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