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Device for a crying baby
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pacifier
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Word definitions for pacifier in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pacifier can refer to several things: Pacifier , a device with a mouthpiece and a nipple, usually made of rubber that a baby or toddler sucks on Pacifier (band) , a short-lived name for the New Zealand band Shihad Pacifier (Shihad album) , 2002 rock album ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pacifier \Pac"i*fi`er\, n. One who or that which pacifies. 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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one who pacifies or appeases," 1530s, agent noun from pacify . The meaning "nipple-shaped device for babies" is first recorded 1904.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who tries to bring peace [syn: conciliator , make-peace , peacemaker , reconciler ] device used for an infant to suck or bite on [syn: comforter , baby's dummy , teething ring ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Someone or something that pacifies. (from 16th c.) 2 (context North America English) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. (from 20th c.)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Food can be a pacifier to disturbed feelings. ▪ It had proved quite an exciting substitute for lost love, and a pacifier in that time of grave trouble. ▪ The best pacifier appears to be applause, the kind of attention 2-year-olds ...
Usage examples of pacifier.
Five-month-old Moira immediately spit out the pacifier and gave her aunt a wide, hopeful grin.
It was hard at first, but if he has his blanket and his pacifier, he does fine.
She had been fussing with the baby, but now he was sucking on the pacifier and she was free to speak.
Billy was trying to push the pacifier from his mouth, but she held it there with one hand and frantically unbuttoned her shirt with the other and scooped her baby from the carrier.
Angel came back to the cider house to see how the teething was going, Baby Rose was not the only Rose with a pacifier stuck in her mouth.
Baby Rose had fallen asleep with a pacifier in her mouth and Angel surprised Rose Rose as she was washing her hair.
Rose was sucking the pacifier, like a three-horsepower pump, and Rose Rose smiled at Angel.
And it seemed that the pacifier was still having some serendipitous effect.
Boxes were loaded with cotton balls, diapers, powders, lotions, teethers, toys, pacifiers, sterilizers, bottles, baby food, night lights, blankets, wardrobe changes, and a small reference library.
The old woman's Sydon Pacifier was squatting silently in its landing circle, with nothing but parking lights showing.
Crunching down viciously on his pacifier, Hawks took the filter from his face and let the astounded CEO of Tarantula watch his vaunted management consultant stumble and lurch up and down the bare office floor boards.
They're sucking on baby pacifiers, waving phosphorescent swizzle sticks and flashing their panties at the bartender, or possibly me.
He was also, however, overly dependent on the pacifier, sucking on it with vacuumlike force whenever he had the opportunity.