Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rubber or plastic nipple or teething ring for a baby to suck or chew on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who pacifies.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who or that which pacifies.
- noun A small device, usually of rubber or plastic containing a protruding nipple-shaped portion which a baby may place in its mouth and suck on; -- it is used to keep babies contented.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who tries to bring peace
- noun device used for an infant to suck or bite on
- noun anything that serves to pacify
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am an avid promoter of breastfeeding but to call it “offensive” for a child to use a bottle or pacifier is incredibly unfair to parents.
Last Time I Checked, Babies Were People Too - Her Bad Mother 2010
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Have you had to help a child break a pacifier or thumb habit?
Used too long, pacifiers may harm speech Jennifer LaRue Huget 2010
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I agree about the word “suck” but I do use it often, mainly because my nephew calls his pacifier his “suck”.
Friday Feast 2007
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Manufactured in: ChinaRemedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifier away from children and contact Top Goods Trading for a refund or exchange.
Busy day of recalls includes cribs, pacifiers and window blinds 2009
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The pacifier was a life-saver and there was no nipple confusion.
» How to Get Breastfeeding off to a Good Start Strocel.com 2009
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Manufactured in: ChinaRemedy: Consumers should immediately take the recalled pacifier away from children and contact Top Goods Trading for a refund or exchange.
Busy day of recalls includes cribs, pacifiers and window blinds 2009
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I will not refer to my baby's weight as a sign of my virility (yes, people do that) 7. a pacifier is a pacifier, not a "binky."
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I will not refer to my baby's weight as a sign of my virility (yes, people do that) 7. a pacifier is a pacifier, not a "binky."
eat your paisley! 2005
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Oh, and this is new: don't call a pacifier a pacifier.
SBNation.com - All Posts Andrew Sharp 2010
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Oh, and this is new: don't call a pacifier a pacifier.
SBNation.com - All Posts Andrew Sharp 2010
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