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insuck en · NOUN

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”).

Meanings

  1. The act or process of sucking in; absorption.
    • The timing of the insuck of semen in relation to sperm capacitation (the process that renders sperm capable of fertilizing an egg) has been discussed critically by Levin (2002). 2006, Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer, Beverly Whipple, The science of orgasm:
    • 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 [...] 2004, Aidan Higgins, A bestiary:

Forms

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insucks Number=Plur lexicographic

insuck en · VERB

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”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To suck in; inhale; absorb; soak up.
    • [...] a wavering or trembling of the haypiles as if the hay itself took breath: insucks & outflows, faint wave motions rippling across low flat haystack is the giveaway [...] 1999, The Atlantic monthly, volume 284:
    • The terrible wound of mouth peeled and slithered, insucked and garbled a single word: [...] 2001, Ray Bradbury, A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities:
    • 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. 1905, William Baucke, Where the white man treads:

Forms

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insucking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
insucked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
insucked Tense=Past lexicographic
insucks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic