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suckle.

A teat.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsʌk.əl/
  1. A teat.

    obsolete
  2. 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.

verb/ˈsʌk.əl/
  1. To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.

    transitive
  2. To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.

    intransitive
  3. To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).

    transitive
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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