Nipple

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nipple \Nip"ple\ (n[i^]p"p'l), n. [Formerly neble, a dim. of
     neb. See {Neb}, {Nib}.]
     1. (Anat.) The protuberance through which milk is drawn from
        the breast or mamma; the mammilla; a teat; a pap.
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     2. The orifice at which any animal liquid, as the oil from an
        oil bag, is discharged. [R.] --Derham.
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     3. Any small projection or article in which there is an
        orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes;
        as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a
        percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and
        through which the fire passes to the charge.
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     4. (Mech.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of
        pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end,
        for connecting two other fittings.
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     {Solder nipple}, a short pipe, usually of brass, one end of
        which is tapered and adapted for attachment to the end of
        a lead pipe by soldering.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nipple
       n : the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: {mammilla}, {mamilla},
            {pap}, {teat}, {tit}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "nipple":
     adjutage, bag, boobs, bosom, breast, breasts, brisket, bust,
     catheter, chest, crop, drainpipe, dug, efflux tube, fire hose,
     flue pipe, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, hose, hosepipe, knockers,
     mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation,
     nenes, organ pipe, pap, papilla, pigeon breast, pipe, pipeline,
     pipette, piping, reed, reed pipe, siamese, siamese connection,
     siphon, snorkel, soil pipe, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw,
     tap, teat, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, tube, tubing,
     tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure, udder, waste pipe,
     water pipe
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  nipple
       
          {Trackpoint}