sucking in
Pulling air in
Sucking in means drawing inward by creating a vacuum or negative pressure.
You suck in air through your nose, suck in your stomach to look slimmer, or get sucked in by a whirlpool.
Figuratively, to get sucked in is to become involuntarily involved: I got sucked into their drama.
The phrase suggests being pulled against one's better judgment.
- inhalingDrawing air inward
- deep breathThorough filling of lungs
- breathe inTake air into lungs
- holding breathTemporarily stopping respiration
- draw inAttract and involve
intake · vacuum · power vacuum · cinching · aspiration · siphon · vortex · cheeks · hollow cheeks · absorb · belly · funnel · quicksand · black hole · tidal pull · gasping · slurping · swallow
sucking inexhaling
Breathing air outward
breathing out · blowing out · expelling · expiring · letting out
sucking inblowing out
Exhaling to extinguish
spitting out · expelling · pushing out · ejecting · discharging
sucking inpushing out
Forcing something outward
sticking out · letting out · protruding · distending · relaxing