"tea bag" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tea bag.wav Forms: tea bags [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea bag (plural tea bags)
  1. Alternative form of teabag. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: teabag
    Sense id: en-tea_bag-en-noun-x8xxT4qT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Genitalia, Tea Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Genitalia: 58 42 Disambiguation of Tea: 50 50

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tea bag.wav Forms: tea bags [present, singular, third-person], tea bagging [participle, present], tea bagged [participle, past], tea bagged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} tea bag (third-person singular simple present tea bags, present participle tea bagging, simple past and past participle tea bagged)
  1. Alternative form of teabag. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: teabag
    Sense id: en-tea_bag-en-verb-x8xxT4qT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tea Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Tea: 50 50

Inflected forms

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