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sucking

/ˈsʌkɪŋ/ noun B1
  1. An act of sucking. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A sound or motion that sucks. (countable, uncountable)

Plural suckings

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A swarm of hungry blood-sucking flies settled upon him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 60 · B2
But you, an ill-favoured and contemptible insect who delights in sucking human blood, I wish that I could have killed you even if I had incurred a heavier penalty.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 99 · B2
I have read, for example, of the old sucking the blood of the young in order to retain their youth."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · B2

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