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teakettle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From tea + kettle.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:dated outside US) A vessel used to boil water for tea or other hot beverages.
   • “Such a cunning teakettle and saucepan, and a tete-a-tete set, and lots of good things to eat. Do have toast for tea, Polly, and let me make it with the new toasting fork; it's such fun to play cook.” 1869–1870, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter VIII, in An Old-Fashioned Girl, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1870, →OCLC:
   • Or when you leave the house and remember half an hour later that you left a teakettle going on the stove. 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 358:
   • Phœbe and the fire that boiled the teakettle were equally bright, cheerful, and efficient, in their respective offices. 1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:

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Deriveds

arse over teakettle · ass over teakettle · teakettle groom · teakettler

Descendants

ticl'ye · tegell

Relateds

tea · teapot

Translations (99)

uz choyjoʻsh (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ca tetera (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · cmn 水壺 /水壶 (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · km កំសៀវ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · tr çaydanlık (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · lv tējkanna (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · th กา (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · hy թեյաման (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · es tetera (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · th กาน้ำ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · de Teekessel (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · th กาต้มน้ำ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · cs konvice (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ky чайнек (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ro ibric (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · nb vannkoker (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · aii ܟ̰ܵܝܕܵܢ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ur کیتْلی (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sq çajnik (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sq ibrik (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · be гарба́тнік (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fi vesipannu (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · bn কেটলি (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fr bouilloire (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sl čajnik (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ca bullidor (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · km ប៉ាន់តែ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · hu teáskanna (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · uz chovgun (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · is ketill (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · uz choydish (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · cmn 壺 /壶 (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · my ရေနွေးအိုး (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · uz qumg'on (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · tl takuri (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · vi ấm đun nước (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · yi טשײַניק (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sv vattenkokare (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ro ceainic (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · da vandkoger (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · lt arbatinukas (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ckb چاپەز (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sk čajník (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · prs چَایجوش (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · af ketel (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ru ча́йник (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · gd coire (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · de Kessel (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ko 주전자 (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ka ჩაიდანი (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · lo ໝໍ້ກາ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · he קוּמְקוּם (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fo ketil (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · bg ча́йник (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · et teekann (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · mn данх (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ja 湯わかし (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ha sàhānī̀ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ba сәйнүк (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sh čȃjnīk (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fr bouilloire à thé (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ja 薬缶 (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · crh çaynik (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · st ketlele (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · mk ко́тле (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ar غَلَّايَة (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sk čajová kanvica (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · nl waterkoker (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · aii ܐܲܦܬܵܦܵܐ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · uz choynak (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ug چەينەك (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · lo ກາຕົ້ມນ້ຳ (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · cy tegell (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · sh ча̑јнӣк (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · be ча́йнік (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · mk ча́јник (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fy tsjettel (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · uz choygum (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · hi केतली (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · pl czajnik (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · tt чәйнек (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fa-ira کِتْری (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · el βραστήρας (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · kk шәйнек (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · yue 水壺 /水壶 (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · pl sagan (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · it teiera (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · az çaynik (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · vo tiedaskal (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · fi teepannu (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · uk ча́йник (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · pt chaleira (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · it bollitore (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · pl imbryk (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · nv tó bee nániildohí (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · ofs sthitil (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · tk çäýnek (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · az çaydan (a vessel for boiling water for tea) · tg чойник (a vessel for boiling water for tea)

teakettle en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈtiˌkɛtəl/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From tea + kettle.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, rare) To make a shrill sound like a boiling teakettle.
   • They'd been running hard and the only thing he could hear was his own heart pounding and his breath teakettling in and out of his lungs. 2011, Joe Schreiber, The Unholy Cause:
   • The Carolina wrens love it too, and they were teakettling away around me. 2006, Tim Traver, Sippewissett, Or, Life on a Salt Marsh, page 46:

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