Oversuck
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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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