| Noun | 1. | Suckling - English poet and courtier (1609-1642)courtier - an attendant at the court of a sovereign poet - a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) | |
| 2. | suckling - an infant considered in relation to its nursebabe, baby, infant - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "isn't she too young to have a baby?" | |
| 3. | suckling - a young mammal that has not been weaned | |
| 4. | suckling - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast | |