Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of suck
nounsucking (countable and uncountable, plural suckings)
plural suckings
- countableuncountableAn act of sucking.
- countableuncountableA sound or motion that sucks.
adjectivesucking (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableStill nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.
- archaicbroadlyfigurativelynot comparableYoung and inexperienced.
Rather a shy place for a sucking county member, ay, Pynsent?
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَصّ
- مَصّ (maṣṣ)act of sucking
Bulgarian сучене, бозаене
- сучене (sučene)act of sucking
- бозаене (bozaene)act of sucking
Czech cucání, sání
- cucáníact of sucking
- sáníact of sucking
Finnish imeminen, imentä
- imeminenact of sucking
- imentäact of sucking
French succion, sucement
- succionact of sucking
- sucementact of sucking
German Saugen
- Saugenact of sucking
Hungarian szopogás
- szopogásact of sucking
Latin sūctus
- sūctusact of sucking
Russian соса́ние
- соса́ние (sosánije)act of sucking
Spanish chupadura
- chupaduraact of sucking
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sucking
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APA
sucking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucking
MLA
“sucking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sucking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sucking.
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