teabag
pronunciation
How to pronounce teabag in British English:
UK ['ti:bæɡ]
How to pronounce teabag in American English:
US ['tibæɡ]
Word Origin
- teabag (n.)
- also tea-bag 1857, a small permeable packet for holding loose tea, from tea + bag (n.). As a sex act, by 2000.
Example
- 1. Is that 70 for a pair of pants that wouldn 't keep a teabag warm ?
- 2. A survey ( from a teabag company obviously ) showed this is when we suffer the morning slump , so reach for the biscuit tin without any guilt .