bottle-feeding

present participle of bottle-feed
as in breast-feeding

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  • The pups have the epicurean delight of suckling one of the highest fat-content milks in the animal kingdom.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Those people under him are suckling on his piggly-wiggly titties.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
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  • The Americans, playing in front of a frenzied crowed on home soil in the San Francisco Bay Area, were down a man and nursing a 1-0 lead.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • Rescuers named him Irving and have been nursing him back to health ever since.
    Liz Gray, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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“Bottle-feeding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottle-feeding. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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