on the boob

prepositional phrase

Breastfeeding, nursing at the breast.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticslangBreastfeeding, nursing at the breast.

    Sure, you could go with the German sock stuff – but that’s just heathers and you don’t want the woman depressed, for chrissake. A kid on the boob’s plenty.

    2003, Lorna Mary Jackson, A Game to Play on the Tracks, →ISBN, page 13
    2 more examples

    Toast, pastries or cereal bars are an easier on-the-move/on-the-boob option (and always choose a buggy you can drag around one-handed so that your other hand can accommodate toast – there’s no shame in it).

    2018, The Mumsition: Your Friendly Companion to the First Year of Motherhood, →ISBN

    I had a lot of milk, I spent all my time with the baby on the boob, I learned to dress him, to hold him, to give him the boob, to bathe him, everything that I was so scared of because I didn’t know how to do it.

    2024, The Art of Breastfeeding, 9th edition, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, boob.
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the boob,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20boob.

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