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sucking

[ suhk-ing ]

adjective

  1. not weaned.
  2. very young.


sucking

/ ˈʌɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not yet weaned

    sucking pig

  2. not yet fledged

    sucking dove

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sucking1

before 1000; Middle English souking ( e ), Old English ūԻ; suck, -ing 2
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It's a pipe that snakes under the stony beach and out into the Atlantic, sucking up seawater and bringing it onshore.

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A decade of sucking everyone into tight spaces was bound to trigger a counter-reaction of stretching things back out.

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"The anger for me is done, they are sucking the life out of me. This is as bad as it's ever been and we are a club that has dropped down to League One football."

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Fans sucking on balloons of nitrous oxide are a common sight outside jam band concerts.

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She told Clifford, who she had met through a dating app, it was "sucking the life out of me".

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