intersuck

English

Etymology

From inter- + suck.

Verb

intersuck (third-person singular simple present intersucks, present participle intersucking, simple past and past participle intersucked)

  1. (intransitive) Of cows: to engage in the abnormal behaviour of suckling each other's teats.
  2. (rare) To suck mutually.

Adjective

intersuck (not comparable)

  1. Between sucks.
    • 2011, Marsha Walker, Breastfeeding Management for the Clinician, page 149:
      Infants suck in bursts separated by rests, typically defined as a sequence of sucks with intersuck intervals of less than 2 seconds.
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