wind-sucking

[ wind-suhk-ing ]

nounVeterinary Pathology.

Origin of wind-sucking

1
First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby wind-sucking

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How to use wind-sucking in a sentence

  • It answers the threefold purpose, to prevent biting, crib-biting, and wind-sucking.

    Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen

British Dictionary definitions for wind-sucking

wind-sucking

noun
  1. a harmful habit of horses in which the animal arches its neck and swallows a gulp of air

Derived forms of wind-sucking

  • windsucker, noun

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