(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something, you hold it in your mouth and pull at it with the muscles in your cheeks and tongue, for example in order to get liquid out of it.
They waited in silence and ~ed their sweets...
He ~ed on his cigarette...
Doran was clutching the bottle with both hands and ~ing intently.
VERB: V n, V on/at n, V
2.
If something ~s a liquid, gas, or object in a particular direction, it draws it there with a powerful force.
The pollution-control team is at the scene and is due to start ~ing up oil any time now...
...the airline pilot who was almost ~ed from the cockpit of his plane when a window shattered.
VERB: V n with adv, be V-ed prep
3.
If you are ~ed into a bad situation, you are unable to prevent yourself from becoming involved in it.
...the extent to which they have been ~ed into the cycle of violence.
V-PASSIVE: be V-ed into n
4.
If someone says that something ~s, they are indicating that they think it is very bad. (INFORMAL, RUDE)
The system ~s.
VERB: no cont, V feelings
5.
to ~ someone dry: see dry