Definition of "nipple" []

• The small projection near the center of the mammary gland containing the outlets of the milk ducts through which young mammals obtain milk from the adult female; a teat. (noun)
• A corresponding projection of the male breast. (noun)
• The rubber cap on a bottle from which a baby nurses. (noun)
• A pacifier for an infant. (noun)
• Any of various devices functioning like or resembling a nipple, especially: (noun)

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• "Please excuse the inaccurate verbiage of our host when referring to the teat, he used the word nipple which is politically incorrect."
• "Her right nipple is deformed and is football shaped but could still definitely keep one afloat."
• "That changes up which part of you nipple is getting the worst of the chomp."