Undersuck
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act of sucking under, usually generated by the force of moving water. countable, uncountable
"Eliot, however, held him up from drowning until one of the boats arrived on the scene, and they were dragged into it, but even then they were in peril from the greatness of the waves, and the undersuck, as they broke and retreated, which well-nigh swamped the boat and its contents, and it was with great difficulty that the men on shore grappled the thwarts of the boat and brought her safely to land, […]"
- 1 To suck under. ambitransitive
Example
More examples"Eliot, however, held him up from drowning until one of the boats arrived on the scene, and they were dragged into it, but even then they were in peril from the greatness of the waves, and the undersuck, as they broke and retreated, which well-nigh swamped the boat and its contents, and it was with great difficulty that the men on shore grappled the thwarts of the boat and brought her safely to land, […]"
Etymology
From under- + suck.
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