sucking

USSUK-ing/ˈsʌkɪŋ/

Noun pluralsuckings (some meanings)

5 meanings of sucking

1
verb
Present participle of suck. Use this form for an action happening right now or as the -ing form of the verb.
The baby is sucking on her thumb again.
He kept sucking the straw until the glass was empty.
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2
noununcountable
The action of pulling liquid or air into the mouth with the lips.
Like the way a straw pulls a drink up into your mouth.
The baby's sucking grew weaker as she drifted off to sleep.
Her continuous sucking on the mint lasted the entire film.
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3
nouncountable or uncountable
A noise or pulling movement made when air or liquid gets pulled in.
Like the noise you hear when a drink runs out at the bottom of a straw.
The sucking of the drain echoed through the empty bathroom.
Quicksand makes a slow sucking as it pulls things down.
Similarsuction, pull

Less common meanings

4
adjectivearchaic
Still feeding on its mother's milk, like a young baby.
Like a kitten that still drinks from its mother and cannot eat on its own yet.
The sucking infant slept against its mother's chest.
A sucking lamb stayed close to the ewe in the field.
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5
adjectivearchaicfiguratively
Young and new to something, without much skill or experience yet.
Like a player who just joined the team and still has a lot to learn.
The sucking clerk made mistakes an older hand would never make.
Rather a shy place for a sucking county member, ay, Pynsent?
1848, William Makepeace Thackeray, The History of PendennisHere, sucking means young and new, just starting out.
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sucking is a form of suck

suck, verb: To be very bad or annoying. A rude, casual word. Full entry

Forms: sucksucks he/she/itsucking -ing formsucked past tense, past participle
Spelling: suck → sucking: add -ing

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