sucking

adjective

suck·​ing ˈsə-kiŋ How to pronounce sucking (audio)
: not yet weaned
broadly : very young

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Non-nutritive suckling is defined as sucking behavior that is not involved in feeding. San Diego Union-Tribune, Boston Herald, 14 May 2024 Breastfeeding Some parents are slow to start breastfeeding, and triggering the sucking reflex can help with that. Stephanie Brown, Parents, 16 July 2024 This powerful toy uses throbbing and sucking sensations that send pleasure not only to your clitoris’s tip but the region surrounding it, which has tons of pleasure nerve endings. Anna Miller, Miami Herald, 20 June 2024 Many nipples are designed to avoid collapsing or to allow babies to maintain their natural sucking habits from breastfeeding. Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 16 May 2024 Those changes in air pressure create the sucking sensation suction toys are famous for. Jaina Grey, WIRED, 7 May 2024 This cult-favorite vibrator uses air pressure to create a sucking sensation and unlike other suction toys, allows for more control than just the device’s speed. Anna Tingley, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024 But the biggest, craziest sucking pit, was that of gambling on sports. Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024 But nothing is known of his sucking worms after 1696. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sucking was before the 12th century

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“Sucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sucking. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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