Meaning

noun the act of sucking

verb draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth

verb draw something in by or as if by a vacuum

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *sūkaną Proto-West Germanic *sūkan Old English sūcan Middle English souken English suck From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”),…

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