wind-suckv.
/ˈwɪn(d)sʌk/, U.S. /ˈwɪn(d)ˌsək/ intransitive. Of a horse: To have the vice of noisily drawing in and swallowing air (often associated with crib-biting).
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1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 229 He continued to crib-bite or wind-suck.
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ˈwind-ˌsucking n. and adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > wind-sucking or crib-biting
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [adjective] > sucking or blowing
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1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 228 Wind-sucking consists in swallowing air, without fixing the mouth.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 647/2 Crib-strap,..a neck-throttler for crib-biting and wind-sucking horses.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 81 Indigestion and colic..result from windsucking and crib-biting.
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