Crossword clues for pacifier
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
"one who pacifies or appeases," 1530s, agent noun from pacify. The meaning "nipple-shaped device for babies" is first recorded 1904.
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.)
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]
Wikipedia
A pacifier (American English), dummy (United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries and Ireland), binky or soother (Canadian English), and teether (Philippine English) is a rubber, plastic, or silicone nipple given to an infant to suck upon. In its standard appearance it has a teat, mouth shield, and handle. The mouth shield and/or the handle is large enough to avoid the danger of the child choking on it or swallowing it.
Pacifier is the fifth full-length album released by New Zealand band, Shihad.
At the time of the release they were performing under the name Pacifier due to the similarity of the word Shihad to jihad. Released in 2002, tracks such as "Run" and "Bullitproof" went on to become hit singles. "Bullitproof" peaked at #27 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, and #37 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. However, it still failed to break the band into the United States.
The band, and lead singer Jon Toogood especially, have since expressed displeasure with the album, calling it "overproduced", and "bullshit --- that would've been the wrong album to be big on."
This album features Scott Weiland ( Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver) and DJ Lethal ( Limp Bizkit and House of Pain) on the track "Coming Down".
This double Platinum selling album was produced by Josh Abraham, of Thirty Seconds to Mars/ Michelle Branch/ Weezer fame.
One version of this album included the "Weapons of Mass Destruction" bonus disc and yet another version contained a bonus disc featuring live acoustic tracks from the "Helen Young Sessions".
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
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Pacifier (band), a short-lived name for the New Zealand band Shihad
- Pacifier (Shihad album), 2002 rock album by Shihad (as Pacifier)
- The Pacifier, a 2005 action comedy film starring Vin Diesel
- Pacifier (Nothingface album), an album released by the band Nothingface in 1997
- "The Pacifier" (The Simpsons short), a 1987 short of The Simpsons cartoon
Pacifier is the debut album by the Washington, D.C.-based alternative metal music group Nothingface. The album was originally released in October, 1996 via DCide Records (the exact date is unknown). The album was re-released on February 6, 1997 and again on August 11, 1998.
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.