suckling

Other forms of suckling

plural

sucklings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about suckling

What does suckling mean?

suckling means "English poet and courtier (1609-1642)". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in suckling?

suckling has 2 syllables: suc-kling. The stress falls on "suc". In IPA it is /ˈsʌklɪŋ/.

What is another word for suckling?

Close synonyms include Sir John Suckling, nursling, nurseling, lactation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suckling a common word?

suckling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.