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Definition of "teat" [teat]

  • A nipple of the mammary gland; a mamilla. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "teat" in a sentence
  • "Meanwhile this teat is being used to keep contractor teams fed while waiting for the Next Great Thing."
  • "Biden saying what he did and the media latching onto it like a pup starving for a teat is what allowed Obama to make the veiled proimse to leave Israel in the lurch if it acts imprudently."
  • "As long as the government teat is so engorged, the suckers will have at it – and us."