- present participle of suck.
sucking
Americanadjective
-
not weaned.
-
very young.
adjective
-
not yet weaned
sucking pig
-
not yet fledged
sucking dove
Etymology
Origin of sucking
before 1000; Middle English souking ( e ), Old English sūcende; see suck, -ing 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"It feels like I will never pay it off, so it's something that I'm kind of just sucking up until the loan is written off," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The process, guided by the app, is relatively straightforward: fill the test with saliva by sucking on it for 60 seconds, wait 20 minutes, scan the test, get results.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
The bloc has been sucking up U.S. diesel, crude oil and liquefied natural gas that it once purchased from Russia and the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The researchers identified this pattern as a new bioarchaeological marker linked to a previously unrecognized behavior: repeatedly sucking whole betel nuts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The explosion obliterated a coral island in Bikini Atoll, sucking millions of tons of coral dust into the sky.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
