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suckle

Pronunciation: /ˈsʌk.əl/

The English word “suckle” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A teat.
  2. An act of suckling

verb

  1. To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
  2. To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
  3. To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).

Etymology

From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling.

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