Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.
2. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To lower one's scrotum into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.
3. (vulgar, video games) 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.
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.

Example Sentences

He put a spoon and teabag on the saucer and placed it before Mr. McManus.

The good news is, you don't have to play 10,000 matches to learn to hold your own against those obnoxious, teabagging 9-year-olds anymore!

Word Forms

• teabags
• tea bag
• tea-bag
• T-bag
• teabagging
• teabagged

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When Should You Use Tea bag?

Use tea bag when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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