insucking en · NOUN
Etymology
From in + sucking.
Meanings
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A sucking inward.
Her initial response to this was a retropulsion or insucking of the tongue, so severe that speech was impossible, and she was in continual danger of swallowing her tongue.
1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:Yoritomo met their smiles and kowtowings and noisy insuckings of breath with an austere dignity that I took pains to imitate.
1910, Robert Ames Bennet, The Shogun's Daughter:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| insuckings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |