"bloodsucking" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bloodsucking.wav [US]
Etymology: blood + sucking Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blood|sucking}} blood + sucking Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bloodsucking (not comparable)
  1. That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. (of an insect or animal) Tags: not-comparable Translations (that draws off blood): blodsugende (Danish), vérszívó (Hungarian), blodsugende (Norwegian Bokmål), blodsugande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bloodsucking-en-adj-alOPt--f Disambiguation of 'that draws off blood': 94 6
  2. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading Tags: broadly, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bloodsucking-en-adj-7i52HxBc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bloodsucker

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bloodsucking.wav [US] Forms: bloodsuckings [plural]
Etymology: blood + sucking Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blood|sucking}} blood + sucking Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bloodsucking (countable and uncountable, plural bloodsuckings)
  1. Parasitic, leechlike behavior. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bloodsucking-en-noun-mUw4olJL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 48

Alternative forms

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