(n.) A vessel with a spout, in which tea is made, and from which it is poured into teacups.
Example Sentences:
(1) At the time, Dimon publicly dismissed the concerns about the trading activities, calling them a "complete tempest in a teapot".
(2) My grandad used to deliver the milk and ladle it into people’s teapots.
(3) Bob Jones, PCC for the West Midlands, told the Guardian: "I feel such equipment would be as much use as a chocolate teapot.
(4) Dimon, president and chief operating officer of JP Morgan, had initially dismissed talks of the "London whale" and mounting losses at the bank as a tempest in a teapot.
(5) Smaller readings were also found in other items of Pine Bar crockery, after the radioactive teapot was put in the dishwasher.
(6) Ongoing tempest For all his smooth talking, it is likely that the most memorable line to emerge from the career of JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon will be his crack about a "tempest in a teapot".
(7) The Lib Dems have pledged to scrap planned cuts , but their chances of gaining influence look as sturdy as a chocolate teapot.
(8) Even in the Teapot Dome scandal that shook Warren Harding’s administration in the early 1920s, and in the Watergate affair half a century later, it was not alleged that the president himself tried to intimidate an investigator.
(9) Her familiar query – “Who are you wearing?” – would quickly give way to such snarky commentary as her assessment of Adele’s Grammy outfit: the singer looked like she was sitting on a teapot.
(10) Five of the six largest forces in England and Wales said they were against deploying water cannon on their streets, with one police chief dismissing them as being "as much use as a chocolate teapot" for quelling disorder.
(11) The latest settlement relating to mortgage-backed securities follows a fine of more than $900m from a number of authorities over last year's London Whale trading incident, which Dimon had originally attempted to brush aside as "tempest in a teapot".
(12) Degree of difficulty (grades 1-4) with specific tasks (getting on and off a toilet, pouring from a teapot into a cup, turning taps on and off, carrying a saucepan of standard weight, and putting on shoes) and time taken to perform them.
(13) Mascall said subsequent tests on the teapot revealed massive contamination.
(14) And they all chose the symbol of a teapot to decorate the pot.
(15) And then I made that stupid comment about a tempest in a teapot."
(16) The Weather Service Nuclear Support Office has analyzed the meteorological and radiological data collected for the following atmospheric nuclear tests: TRINITY; EASY of the Tumbler-Snapper series; ANNIE, NANCY, BADGER, SIMON, and HARRY of the Upshot-Knothole series; BEE and ZUCCHINI of the Teapot series; BOLTZMANN and SMOKY of the Plumbbob series; and SMALL BOY of the Dominic II series.
(17) Lugovoi had put the polonium in a teapot, the inquiry heard.
(18) General election: Len McCluskey wins Unite leadership election - politics live Read more 5 The Fixed-term Parliaments Act turned out to be in the chocolate teapot category of uselessness All those assumptions about how it would prevent a prime minister calling an early election turned out to be unfounded when, after a low-key, 90-minute debate, the Commons passed a motion to override it by 522 votes to 13 because Labour MPs felt it was impossible for them to say no to dissolving parliament.
(19) Some had had their disability recognised before the study and already had aids, representing half of those with difficulty getting on and off the toilet but 24% for putting on shoes and 13% for pouring from a teapot and turning on a tap.
(20) Other gifts included a "Big Ben teapot [and] teabag rest", costing £30.25 on 10 February 2005 and a cookie and muffin basket costing £103.
Teapoy
Definition:
(n.) An ornamental stand, usually with three legs, having caddies for holding tea.