- מצץ
- מָצַץ(b. h.; v. מוּץ) to press, suck; to drain. Sabb.XIX, 2 ומוֹצְצִין and compress the blood-vessels of the wound by sucking. Par. IX, 3 שהיא מוֹצֶצֶת she (the dove) sips (and lets no water out of her month again). Tosef.Sot.V, 9 נוטלו ומוֹצְצוֹ ואוכלוכ׳ he takes out the fly and sucks it out and eats the dish; Y. ib. I, 17a bot.; Gitt.90a. Lev. R. s. 15 לא שהוא מוצץוכ׳ not that the dry sponge drains the wound, but it protects it. Deut. R. s. 2 אין לך טבעת מוֹץ אותה ומות hast thou not a ring (containing poison)? Suck it and die; a. fr.(Cant. R. to III, 10 מוצצת באש, read: מוּצֶתֶת, v. יָצַת.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.