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thumbsucking

thumbsucking noun: the act of sucking one's thumb.

Noun

thumbsucking (uncountable)

  1. The act of sucking one's thumb.
    • Thumbsucking may be used by children to console themselves.

thumbsucking meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

thumbsucking in Tamil

விரல் சுவைத்தல், விரல் சூப்பல்

thumbsucking in Vietnamese

the act of sucking one's thumb
mút tay

Origin of thumbsucking

From thumb + sucking.

Questions about thumbsucking

What does thumbsucking mean?
Thumbsucking means the act of sucking one's thumb.
What is thumbsucking in Tamil?
Thumbsucking in Tamil is விரல் சுவைத்தல், விரல் சூப்பல். See Thumbsucking meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thumbsucking?
Thumbsucking is a noun.

Words near thumbsucking in the dictionary

  1. thumbsticks
  2. thumbstroke
  3. thumbstrokes
  4. thumbsucker
  5. thumbsuckers
  6. thumbsucking
  7. thumbtack
  8. thumbtacked
  9. thumbtacking
  10. thumbtacks
  11. thumbtip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumbsucking (page history and authors); thumbsucking (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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