teat

[US]/tiːt/
[UK]/tit/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.nipple
rubber nipple
small protrusion.

Phrases & Collocations

sore teat

cracked teat

engorged teat

Example Sentences

The baby eagerly latched onto the teat for milk.

The farmer attached the teat cups to the cow for milking.

The teat of the bottle was designed to mimic a mother's nipple.

The calf nuzzled against its mother's teat for comfort.

The teat was leaking and needed to be replaced.

She gently stroked the teat of the goat while milking.

The teat was too hard for the baby to suckle properly.

The teat was warm to the touch, indicating fresh milk.

The piglets jostled each other to get to the teat first.

The mother dog nudged her puppies towards her teats to nurse.

Real-world Examples

" It wasn't her teats he wed her for, m'lord" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

The little princess smiled. " Three Oberyns, with teats" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

Source: Stephen King on Writing

The wench looked ridiculous, clutching her towel to her meager teats with her thick white legs sticking out beneath.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

" That crone? Was he blind? She has teats like empty wineskins, dry and withered" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

The female has smaller antlers and four little bumps on her underside that look just like teats.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

And here's where we are. The runts in a large litter. Unlikely to ever reach the nourishing teats of Indiana Jones.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 4

Nucky was weaned on the commodore's teat.

Source: Atlantic Empire Season 2

Everybody know you got to squeeze the teat to produce the milk.

Source: Welcome to the First Season

" Teton" is related the French word for " teat" (teat) in English, which is a woman's breast.

Source: 2012 English Cafe

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