to suck
- verb
- /sʌk/
- Greggie lolled on the stack of plume hooks, sucking his thumb and watching his mother with heavy-lidded eyes.
- suck at the breast
- the baby sucked
All I do is get my kids sucked at least twice a day.
- All I do is get my kids sucked at least twice a day.
Examples
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"On the front page of the paper was an immense baby in diapers, sucking his thumb.
Fiction book (1993) -
The infant was unable to suck and was, therefore, placed on orogastric tube feedings.
Academic text (2004) -
Let the child suck on a popsicle or something cold before you.
Academic text (2007) -
Just watch how babies try to suck their toes, wave their hands wildly as they giggle.
Academic text (1997) -
Abigail began to suck, and the breast tingled with the pull of the milk.
Fiction book (1990) -
A mother gently cradled her baby while he sucked from her breast.
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The veterinarian watched as the puppy instinctively sucked on its mother's teat.
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It is important for infants to suck on their mother's breast to receive essential nutrients.
Synonyms
To feed a baby with your milk
Give a baby milk directly from the mother's breast
To drink milk from a mother's breast or an animal's udder
To feed a baby or young animal from the breast
Idioms
- Offensive
A very rude phrase that shows strong anger and tells someone to do a sexual act
Phrasal Verbs
To take air into your lungs quickly when you feel surprised, afraid, or before hard work
Compounds
- Offensive
A rude phrase for something completely pointless and not worth your time
Surface Forms
Etymology
Suck is the same root as suckle, the common word for feeding a baby with milk, so the older sense of using the mouth to take milk explains why suck can mean to feed a baby.