tea bag

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noun

variants or less commonly teabag
plural tea bags also teabags
: a bag usually of filter paper holding enough tea for an individual serving
… we poured boiling water into a mug and let the tea bag steep for seven minutes.Jane Herz
variants or less commonly tea bag or tea-bag
teabagged also tea bagged or tea-bagged; teabagging also tea bagging or tea-bagging; teabags also tea bags or tea-bags

transitive verb

1
vulgar : to put one's scrotum into the mouth of or onto or around the face of (another person) for sexual stimulation
2
vulgar : to put the scrotum of (someone) into one's mouth or onto or around one's face for sexual stimulation
teabagging noun
or less commonly tea bagging or tea-bagging
vulgar

Examples of tea bag in a Sentence

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Noun
Participants dug up the first pair of underpants and associated tea bags after 30 days and the second after 60 days, documenting the condition of the items and mailing all the materials to the scientists for analysis. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Moisture is the biggest concern because damp tea bags can develop mold and should not be consumed. Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 25 Aug. 2026 Add a tea bag and some warm water to a footbath and soak your feet in it for 15 to 30 minutes. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026 Place used tea bags in the fridge to cool, then place them on your eyes to reduce puffiness or on any patch of sunburned skin to ease the aches. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tea bag

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1886, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1994, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of tea bag was in 1886

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“Tea bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tea%20bag. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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tea bag

noun
: a bag usually of filter paper holding enough tea for an individual serving
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