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bloodsuck

bloodsuck verb: to parasitize or freeload upon.

Verb

bloodsuck (third-person singular simple present bloodsucks, present participle bloodsucking, simple past and past participle bloodsucked)

  1. (transitive) To parasitize or freeload upon.

Forms of bloodsuck

third-person singular presentbloodsucks
present participlebloodsucking
past participlebloodsucked
pastbloodsucked

Origin of bloodsuck

Back-formation from bloodsucker or bloodsucking.

Questions about bloodsuck

What does bloodsuck mean?
Bloodsuck means to parasitize or freeload upon.
What part of speech is bloodsuck?
Bloodsuck is a verb.
What is the past tense of bloodsuck?
The past tense of bloodsuck is bloodsucked.

Words near bloodsuck in the dictionary

  1. bloodstone
  2. bloodstones
  3. bloodstream
  4. bloodstreams
  5. bloodstroke
  6. bloodsuck
  7. bloodsucked
  8. bloodsucker
  9. bloodsuckers
  10. bloodsuckery
  11. bloodsucking

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