suckle.
A teat.
Meaning & usage
A teat.
An act of suckling
The baby was having a suckle at its mother's breast.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling.
To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling.
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