bloodsucking

== English == === Etymology === From blood +‎ sucking. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/ === Adjective === bloodsucking (not comparable) (of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person. (by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bloodsucker ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bloodsucking (countable and uncountable, plural bloodsuckings) Parasitic, leechlike behavior.