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sucking

/ˈsʌkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
suck-ing
IPA
/ˈsʌkɪŋ/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of suck

noun

An act of sucking.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A sound or motion that sucks.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Still nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.

Archaic

adj

Young and inexperienced.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

suckings (plural)

Derived Forms

bloodsucking clitsucking cocksucking dicksucking fingersucking insucking sapsucking scumsucking suckingly thumbsucking windsucking

Phrases

dick-sucking shit-sucking sucking-pig

Synonyms

suck suction

Rhymes With

fucking trucking ducking tucking plucking bucking chucking mucking clucking shucking lucking

Questions

How do you pronounce sucking?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌkɪŋ/.
What does sucking mean?
present participle and gerund of suck

How to pronounce sucking

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