nipple
pronunciation
How to pronounce nipple in British English:
UK [ˈnɪpl]
How to pronounce nipple in American English:
US [ˈnɪpəl]
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- Noun:
- the small projection of a mammary gland
Word Origin
- nipple (n.)
- 1530s, nyppell, "teat, duct-laden extremity of a mammalian breast," alteration of neble (1520s), probably diminutive of neb "bill, beak, snout" (see neb), hence, literally "a small projection." In reference to an artificial device on an infant's bottle, from 1875. A 16c.-17c. slang term for a woman's nipples was cherrilets.
Example
- 1. Babies are born searching for the nipple to feed from .
- 2. Fluid or bloody discharge from your nipple
- 3. Small ducts conduct the milk to a reservoir just beneath your nipple .
- 4. That small lump with tenderness beneath the nipple is a normal part of puberty , and lots of guys experience it .
- 5. They 'd like to bring these nanoparticles through openings in the nipple and use a magnetic field to move them along the ducts where they would bind to cancer cells .