Definition of UDDER

udder

Plural: udders

Noun

  • A mammary gland, typically of a cow or goat.
  • mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
  • An organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals, particularly ruminants such as cattle, goats, sheep and deer.
  • A woman's breast.

Examples

  • He tried to play UDDER, but realized he was short an ’R’ on his Scrabble rack.
  • squeeze the udder to get milk

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English udder, uddyr (also as uther, iddyr), from Old English ūder (“udder; breast”), from Proto-Germanic *ūdarą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ (“udder”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jadder (“udder”), Dutch uier (“udder”), German Euter (“udder”), Swedish juver (“udder”), Icelandic júgur (“udder”), Vedic Sanskrit ऊधर् (ū́dhar), Ancient Greek οὖθαρ (oûthar), Latin ūber.

Synonyms

bag

Scrabble Score: 7

udder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
udder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
udder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

udder: valid Words With Friends Word