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suck⋅ing

  [suhk-ing]
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–adjective
1. not weaned.
2. very young.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME souking(e), OE sūcende; see suck, -ing 2

suck

  [suhk]
–verb (used with object)
1. to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction: Plants suck moisture from the earth. The pump sucked water from the basement.
3. to apply the lips or mouth to and draw upon by producing a partial vacuum, esp. for extracting fluid contents: to suck an orange.
4. to put into the mouth and draw upon: to suck one's thumb.
5. to take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.: to suck a piece of candy.
6. to render or bring to a specified condition by or as if by sucking.
–verb (used without object)
7. to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, esp. to draw milk from the breast.
8. to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
9. (of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
10. Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usually fol. by around).
11. Slang. to be repellent or disgusting: Poverty sucks.
–noun
12. an act or instance of sucking.
13. a sucking force.
14. the sound produced by sucking.
15. that which is sucked; nourishment drawn from the breast.
16. a small drink; sip.
17. a whirlpool.
—Verb phrases
18. suck in, Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud: The confidence man sucked us all in.
19. suck off, Slang: Vulgar. to fellate.
20. suck up, Slang. to be obsequious; toady: The workers are all sucking up to him because he's the one who decides who'll get the bonuses.
—Idiom
21. suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME souken, OE sūcan, c. L sūgere; (n.) ME souke act of suckling, deriv. of the n.; akin to soak

Related forms:
suckless, adjective
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suck   (sŭk)   
v.   sucked, suck·ing, sucks

v.   tr.
  1. To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.
    1. To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt.
    2. To draw in by or as if by a current in a fluid.
    3. To draw or pull as if by suction: teenagers who are sucked into a life of crime.
  3. To draw nourishment through or from: suck a baby bottle.
  4. To hold, moisten, or maneuver (a sweet, for example) in the mouth.
  5. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
v.   intr.
  1. To draw something in by or as if by suction: felt the drain starting to suck.
  2. To draw nourishment; suckle.
  3. To make a sound caused by suction.
  4. Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive.
n.  
  1. The act or sound of sucking.
  2. Suction.
  3. Something drawn in by sucking.
Phrasal Verb(s):
suck inTo take advantage of; cheat; swindle.
suck up Slang To behave obsequiously; fawn.

[Middle English suken, from Old English sūcan; see seuə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
suck·ing   (sŭk'ĭng)   
adj.  Not yet weaned.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Sucking

Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.

I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray.

Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle.

Sucking fish (Zo["o]l.), the remora. See Remora. --Baird.

Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction.

Sucking stomach (Zo["o]l.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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sucking

drawing of fluids into the mouth by creating a vacuum pressure in the oral cavity. Mammalian infants rely on this method of food ingestion until they are capable of eating more solid substances. A partial vacuum is created in the oral cavity by retracting the tongue to the back of the mouth. The rear portion of the tongue seals against the roof of the mouth, allowing liquids to be drawn into the front region. When the oral cavity is full, the tongue relaxes, and fluids flow back to the throat to be swallowed.

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