"purple nurple" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-purple nurple.ogg [Australia] Forms: purple nurples [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)pəl Etymology: Rhyming derivation of purple and nipple. Etymology templates: {{m|en|purple}} purple, {{m|en|nipple}} nipple Head templates: {{en-noun|head=purple nurple}} purple nurple (plural purple nurples)
  1. (slang) A school prank, the act of taking a person's nipple between the thumb and forefinger and then twisting it around roughly. Tags: slang Synonyms: nipple cripple, titty twister

Inflected forms

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