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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Suck
  2. a. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.
  3. n. the act of sucking
  4. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing. Thackeray. Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle. -- Sucking fish (Zoöl.), the remora. See Remora. Baird. -- Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction. -- Sucking stomach (Zoöl.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.
  5. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially,young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf.I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort ofthing. Thackeray.Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle.-- Sucking fish (Zoöl.), the remora. See Remora. Baird.-- Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction.-- Sucking stomach (Zoöl.), the muscular first stomach of certaininsects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.
  6. j:78/n:22 n. the act of sucking