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Grammar : Noun
Spell : suhk-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌk lɪŋ



Definition of suckling

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "an infant at the breast," from suck + diminutive suffix -ling. Cf. Middle Dutch sogeling, Dutch zuigeling, German Säugling. Meaning "act of breast-feeding" is attested from 1799.
  • noun baby
Example sentences :
  • But when we come to Suckling's lines we find that there is a difference.
  • Extract from : « The Lyric » by John Drinkwater
  • The phenomena of pregnancy, birth and suckling are known to all, so that I shall be brief.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • But I found a fierce and feverish delight in suckling my child.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • Her face is that of a lioness, and she is suckling two young lions at her breasts.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • She took me like a child of suckling time, And cradled me in roses.
  • Extract from : « Endymion » by John Keats
  • At the noise of the gate the nurse appeared with a baby she was suckling on one arm.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • But it is Suckling's poems that have been best known and most admired.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various
  • Suckling, as usual, took to his heels, and arrived safe in France.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various
  • Captain Suckling was what they call an officer and a gentleman.
  • Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Captain Suckling stared in the direction where the finger pointed.
  • Extract from : « Merry-Garden and Other Stories » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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