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teabag

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtiː(ˌ)bæɡ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

verb

Meaning 2

To lower one's scrotum into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive, vulgar

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To sit or crouch repeatedly on the head of another player's character after they are dead, which is a reference to the above sex act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: vulgar

Topics: video-games

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4

verb

Meaning 4

Of a kite, to have enough lift to repeatedly lift the kite-flyer slightly off the ground, then back down, then back up, etc., in the manner of dunking a teabag into water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English tea Old Norse baggibor.? Old French baguebor.? Middle English bagge English bag English teabag From tea + bag.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: bossa de te — sachet of tea
  • Chinese Cantonese: 茶包 (caa4 baau1) — sachet of tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋茶 (dàichá) — sachet of tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 茶包 (chábāo) — sachet of tea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 袋泡茶 (dàipàochá) — sachet of tea
  • Danish: tebrev — sachet of tea
  • Danish: tepose — sachet of tea
  • Dutch: theezakje — sachet of tea
  • Dutch: theebuiltje — sachet of tea
  • Esperanto: tesaketo — sachet of tea
  • Finnish: teepussi — sachet of tea
  • French: sachet de thé — sachet of tea
  • French: infusette — sachet of tea
  • Georgian: ჩაის პაკეტი (čais ṗaḳeṭi) — sachet of tea
  • German: Teebeutel — sachet of tea
  • Hebrew: תֵּיוֹן (teyón) — sachet of tea
  • Hungarian: teafilter — sachet of tea
  • Icelandic: tepoki — sachet of tea
  • Indonesian: kantong teh celup — sachet of tea
  • Irish: mála tae — sachet of tea
  • Italian: sacchetto (di tè) — sachet of tea
  • Japanese: ティーバッグ (tībaggu) — sachet of tea
  • Korean: 티백 (tibaek) — sachet of tea
  • Macedonian: вреќичка (vreḱička) — sachet of tea
  • Macedonian: кесичка (kesička) — sachet of tea
  • Māori: tīpēke — sachet of tea
  • Māori: pēke tī i — sachet of tea
  • Mongolian: цайны уут (cajny uut) — sachet of tea
  • Norman: pouque à thée — sachet of tea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tepose — sachet of tea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tepose — sachet of tea
  • Persian: چای کیسهای (čây-e kise-i) — sachet of tea
  • Persian: تی بگ (ti bag) — sachet of tea
  • Polish: torebka herbaty — sachet of tea
  • Portuguese: sachê — sachet of tea
  • Russian: ча́йный паке́тик (čájnyj pakétik) — sachet of tea
  • Spanish: bolsita de té — sachet of tea
  • Swedish: tepåse — sachet of tea
  • Turkish: poşet çay — sachet of tea
  • Turkish: sallama çay — sachet of tea
  • Ukrainian: чайний пакетик (čajnyj paketyk) — sachet of tea
  • Welsh: cwdyn te — sachet of tea
  • Persian: خایهخوری (xāyexōri) — lower testicles into or onto another person
  • Persian: خایهلیسی (xāyelisi) — lower testicles into or onto another person
  • Spanish: bajar los huevos — lower testicles into or onto another person