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The correct spelling is sook.

How to pronounce sook

verb

Say it like: Soo-k

The correct spelling is sook. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). For example: "Don′t be such a sook."

Usage Examples

Don′t be such a sook.

I was so upset that I went home and had a sook about it.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
  2. 2.To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
  3. 3.To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
  4. 4.To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
  5. 5.To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.

noun

  1. 1.Familiar name for a calf.
  2. 2.Familiar name for a cow.
  3. 3.A cow or sheep.
  4. 4.A poddy calf.
  5. 5.A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.

interjection

  1. 1.A call for calves.
  2. 2.A call for cattle.
  3. 3.A call for cattle or sheep.

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