Overview of noun sucking

The noun sucking has 1 sense

• sucking, suck, suction -- (the act of sucking)

Overview of verb suck

The verb suck has 7 senses

• suck -- (draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast")


• suck -- (draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet")


• suck, suck in -- (attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad")


• suck -- (be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!")


• fellate, suck, blow, go down on -- (provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation)


• absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up -- (take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words")


• breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck -- (give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places")