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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of sucking;
[syn: sucking, suck, suction]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (s[u^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can, s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel. s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.] 1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast. [1913 Webster] 3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground. [1913 Webster] 4. To draw or drain. [1913 Webster] Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] 5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. [1913 Webster] As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb. To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction. To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction or absorption. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sucking \Suck"ing\, a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. [1913 Webster] I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle. Sucking fish (Zool.), the remora. See Remora. --Baird. Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction. Sucking stomach (Zool.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sucking n 1: the act of sucking [syn: sucking, suck, suction]