tampon
pronunciation
How to pronounce tampon in British English:
UK [ˈtæmpɒn]
How to pronounce tampon in American English:
US [ˈtæmpɑn]
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- Noun:
- plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
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- Verb:
- plug with a tampon
Word Origin
- tampon (n.)
- "plug of cotton to stanch a flow of blood (especially from the vagina)," 1848, from French tampon, from Middle French tampon "plug" (see tampion). Tampax, proprietary name registered in U.S. 1932, is based on tampon.
Example
- 1. I don 't know whose tampon this is .
- 2. I put a tampon in but I might nothave pulled out the other one .
- 3. Can you go and get me a tampon ?
- 4. I can 't buy one tampon ?
- 5. In case you need to change your tampon .