sucking

incontável

A noun referring to the action of drawing something, such as liquid or air, into the mouth by creating a partial vacuum.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa a ação de puxar algo, como líquido ou ar, para dentro da boca criando um vácuo parcial; também se usa para a ação de sugar ou extrair algo, inclusive em sentido figurado.

1. The act of sucking A2 formal

   The action of drawing something into the mouth by creating a vacuum, often used for drinking or feeding.

   • The baby's sucking was loud and rhythmic.
   • He could hear the sucking of the straw in the empty glass.
   • The sucking of the wound helped remove the venom.

   🇵🇹Sucção

   Sinônimos: aspirationdrawingimbibingsucksuction

• suckings plural form
• suckings' possessive plural form
• sucking's possessive singular form

A verb used to indicate the act of drawing something into the mouth by creating a vacuum, or to be extremely bad or unpleasant (informal).

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para indicar a ação de sugar ou puxar algo para dentro da boca criando vácuo, ou, informalmente, para dizer que algo é muito ruim, desagradável ou decepcionante.

1. Draw into the mouth A2 formal

   To pull liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.

   • The baby sucked milk from the bottle.
   • She sucked the juice through a straw.
   • He sucked in a deep breath before diving.

   🇵🇹Sugar

   Sinônimos: drawdrinkimbibesipslurp

   Antônimos: blowspit

2. Be very bad or unpleasant B1 slang

   To be of extremely poor quality or highly disappointing.

   • This movie really sucks.
   • The weather sucks today.
   • My job sucks because of the long hours.

   🇵🇹Uma porcaria

   Sinônimos: biteblowstink

   Antônimos: excelshine

3. Pull or draw in B2 formal

   To cause something to be drawn into a space by creating a vacuum or low pressure.

   • The vacuum cleaner sucked up the dust.
   • The whirlpool sucked the boat downward.
   • The fan sucks air out of the room.

   🇵🇹Sugar

   Sinônimos: aspiratedrawdraw inextractinhalepullpull insiphontake in

   Antônimos: blowemitexpel

• sucked past participle
• sucked past simple
• sucking present participle
• sucks third person singular

Variantes phrasal: suck insuck outsuck up