Oversuck

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To suck excessively (all senses); suck too much. ambitransitive

    "The like little fatigue takes place in children nourished at the breast; and by this mean it is, that infants, especially when very young, are not so apt to oversuck, as they are to be overfed by the boat or the spoon; […]"

Example

More examples

"The like little fatigue takes place in children nourished at the breast; and by this mean it is, that infants, especially when very young, are not so apt to oversuck, as they are to be overfed by the boat or the spoon; […]"

Etymology

From over- + suck.

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