blood|suck|ing

blood|suck|ing
blood|suck|ing «BLUHD SUHK ihng», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. that sucks blood.
2. Figurative. extorting.
–n.
1. the sucking of blood.
2. Figurative. extortion.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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