sucking

American  

[suhk-ing] / ˈsʌk ɪŋ /

adjective

1. not weaned.

2. very young.

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sucking British  

/ ˈsʌkɪŋ /

adjective

1. not yet weaned

   sucking pig

2. not yet fledged

   sucking dove

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Etymology

Origin of sucking

before 1000; Middle English souking ( e ), Old English sūcende; suck, -ing ²

Example Sentences

The city’s narrow lots sets the Chicago iteration apart: “almost like it’s sucking in its stomach,” the authors write.

From The Wall Street Journal

I make a vacuum sucking noise and they laugh.

From Literature

More water pulled away from the train cars, sucking up into the steep slope of the swell, and Natalie suddenly had her answer.

From Literature

The bitterness was so sharp, I might as well have been sucking on a lump of coal.

From Literature

I force my feet to run, but my chest feels like a sponge that it is just sucking up all the sad in the world and it is so heavy.

From Literature

Related Words

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