Insuck
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process of sucking in; absorption.
"The refill, the tamping down with finger, the match lit, the quick insucks, the very flushed face very serious now, sound of sucking in air, bubbling of pipe, waving of match to extinguish, puffing out clouds of smoke, rolling over on [...]"
- 1 To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up. transitive
"The first course was soup, and as the younger used his spoon, his lips reached forth to meet it, at the same time he insucked his breath, which made a particular noise."
Example
More examples"The first course was soup, and as the younger used his spoon, his lips reached forth to meet it, at the same time he insucked his breath, which made a particular noise."
Etymology
From Middle English insouken, equivalent to in- + suck. Cognate with Saterland Frisian iensuge (“to suck in, absorb”), West Frisian ynsûge (“to suck in”), Dutch inzuigen (“to suck in”), German Low German insugen (“to suck in, soak up”), German einsaugen (“suck in, absorb, soak up”), Swedish insuga (“to inhale, suck in, pick up”), Icelandic innsjúga (“to suck in”).
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