sucking
Americanadjective
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not weaned.
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very young.
adjective
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not yet weaned
sucking pig
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not yet fledged
sucking dove
Etymology
Origin of sucking
before 1000; Middle English souking ( e ), Old English sūcende; suck, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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A baby girl medium, sucking on candy, seemed to drift about the room seated in her high chair.
From Literature
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Star, heaving and panting in a wallow of mud that was sucking her down, down.
From Literature
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In fact, almost exactly a decade ago I wrote that these funds were red-hot, sucking in billions of dollars from investors desperate to chase recent high performance.
Yes, according to career coaches, though it requires some soul-searching, planning for what’s next and, frankly, sucking it up.
From Barron's
Silicon Valley’s allure has created a giant sucking sound of money funneling into the U.S. stock market.
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