nipple
noun
Origin
From earlier neple, nypil, neble, believed to be a diminutive of nib, neb (“tip, point”), equivalent to nib + -le. Compare Old English nypel (“elephant trunk”), formed analogously as "a protuberance from one's neb" .
Phrases
- grease nipple
- Nipple Butte
- nipple cactus
- nipple clamp
- nipple clip
- nipple confusion
- nipple cripple
- nipple gong
- smuggling raisins
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