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sook

/suːk/ /sʊk/ /suk/

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verb

To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

Examples :

"The baby began to sook eagerly when his mother offered him the bottle. "

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verb

To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.

Examples :

"The tiny calf tried to sook at its mother, searching for milk. "

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verb

To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk.

Examples :

"The baby sook at its mother's breast. "

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verb

To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.

Examples :

"The baby sooked milk from her bottle. "

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verb

To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.

Examples :

"The baby was quietly sooking on her pacifier. "

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verb

To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.

Examples :

"The strong wind sook the kite across the sky. "

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verb

To perform fellatio.

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verb

To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.

Examples :

""John really sooks at math; he just can't seem to grasp the concepts." "

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noun

Familiar name for a calf.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully fed the sook, a newborn calf. "

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noun

Familiar name for a cow.

Examples :

"The farmer patted Sook on the head before leading her into the barn. "

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noun

A cow or sheep.

Examples :

"The farmer pointed to the field and said, "We need to move the sooks to a fresh pasture before nightfall." "

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noun

Examples :

"The farmer pointed to the small, round calf and said, "That little sook needs extra milk because it was born prematurely." "

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interjection

A call for calves.

Examples :

"Sook! Come on, calves, time for feeding. "

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interjection

A call for cattle.

Examples :

"Hearing the cows wandering near the fence, the farmer yelled, "Sook! Sook! Time to come in for milking!" "

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interjection

A call for cattle or sheep.

Examples :

"Hearing the cattle wandering too far, the farmer called out, "Sook! Sook! Get back to the pasture!" "

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noun

A crybaby, a complainer, a whinger; a shy or timid person, a wimp; a coward.

Examples :

"Don′t be such a sook."

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noun

A sulk or complaint; an act of sulking.

Examples :

"I was so upset that I went home and had a sook about it."

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noun

A street market, particularly in Arabic- and Somali-speaking countries; a place where people buy and sell goods.

Examples :

"We bought fresh dates and spices at the busy sook downtown. "

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noun

A mature female Chesapeake Bay blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.

Examples :

"The crabber hoped to catch a large sook today, since they sell for a good price at the market. "

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