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The correct spelling is sucking.
How to pronounce sucking
verb
IPA: /ˈsʌkɪŋ/
Say it like: Suk-ing
The correct spelling is sucking. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
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Meanings
verb
- 1.To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
- 2.To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
- 3.To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.
- 4.To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
- 5.To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.
noun
- 1.An act of sucking.
- 2.A sound or motion that sucks.
adjective
- 1.Still nourished by the mother's milk, as an infant; suckling.
- 2.(by extension) Young and inexperienced.
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