'Sucking' definitions:
Definition of 'Sucking'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Sucking'
From: GCIDE
- 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]