teabag

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/ˈtiː(ˌ)bæɡ/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounteabag (plural teabags)

plural teabags · alternative tea bag · alternative tea-bag · alternative T-bag

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

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

    1980, Walter Stovall, The Minus Pool, page 10
verbteabag (third-person singular simple present teabags, present participle teabagging, simple past and past participle teabagged)

present singular third person teabags · participle present teabagging · participle past teabagged · past teabagged · alternative tea bag · alternative tea-bag · alternative T-bag

  1. slangtransitivevulgarTo lower one's scrotum into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.
  2. vulgarvideo gamesTo 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.

    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!

    2007, The Official Xbox Magazine
  3. 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.

Origin

  1. Hokkien茶 (tê)
  2. Dutchthee
  3. Englishtea
  4. Old Norsebaggibor.?
  5. Old Frenchbaguebor.?
  6. Middle Englishbagge
  7. Englishbag
  8. Englishteabag

From tea + bag.

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Translations

Catalan bossa de te
  • bossa de tesachet of tea
Chinese Cantonese 茶包
  • 茶包 (caa⁴ baau¹)sachet of tea
Chinese Mandarin 袋茶, 茶包
  • 袋茶 (dàichá)sachet of tea
  • 茶包 (chábāo)sachet of tea
  • 袋泡茶 (dàipàochá)sachet of tea
Danish tebrev, tepose
  • tebrevsachet of tea
  • teposesachet of tea
Dutch theezakje, theebuiltje
  • theezakjesachet of tea
  • theebuiltjesachet of tea
Esperanto tesaketo
  • tesaketosachet of tea
Finnish teepussi
  • teepussisachet of tea
French sachet de thé, infusette
  • sachet de thésachet of tea
  • infusettesachet of tea
German Teebeutel
  • Teebeutelsachet of tea
Hebrew תֵּיוֹן
  • תֵּיוֹן (teyón)sachet of tea
Hungarian teafilter
  • teafiltersachet of tea
Icelandic tepoki
  • tepokisachet of tea
Indonesian kantong teh celup
  • kantong teh celupsachet of tea
Irish mála tae
  • mála taesachet of tea
Italian sacchetto (di tè)
  • sacchetto (di tè)sachet of tea
Japanese ティーバッグ
  • ティーバッグ (tībaggu)sachet of tea
Korean 티백
  • 티백 (tibaek)sachet of tea
Māori tīpēke, pēke tī i
  • tīpēkesachet of tea
  • pēke tī isachet of tea
Norwegian Bokmål tepose
  • teposesachet of tea
Persian چای کیسهای, تی بگ
  • چای کیسهای (čây-e kise-i)sachet of tea
  • تی بگ (ti bag)sachet of tea
  • خایهخوری (xāyexōri)lower testicles into or onto another person
  • خایهلیسی (xāyelisi)lower testicles into or onto another person
Polish torebka herbaty
  • torebka herbatysachet of tea
Portuguese sachê
  • sachêsachet of tea
Russian ча́йный паке́тик
  • ча́йный паке́тик (čájnyj pakétik)sachet of tea
Spanish bolsita de té, bajar los huevos
  • bolsita de tésachet of tea
  • bajar los huevoslower testicles into or onto another person
Swedish tepåse
  • tepåsesachet of tea
Turkish poşet çay, sallama çay
  • poşet çaysachet of tea
  • sallama çaysachet of tea
Ukrainian чайний пакетик
  • чайний пакетик (čajnyj paketyk)sachet of tea
Welsh cwdyn te
  • cwdyn tesachet of tea

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APA

teabag. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teabag

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“teabag.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teabag. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teabag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teabag.

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