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Idioms about suck
suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
Origin of suck
First recorded before 900; (verb) Middle English souken, Old English sūcan, cognate with Latin sūgere; (noun) Middle English souke “act of suckling,” derivative of the noun; akin to soak
OTHER WORDS FROM suck
suckless, adjectiveoutsuck, verb (used with object)un·sucked, adjectiveWords nearby suck
such as it is, suchlike, suchness, Su-chou, Süchow, suck, sucker, sucker bait, suckerfish, sucker list, sucker-punch
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How to use suck in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for suck
suck
/ (sʌk) /
verb
noun
Derived forms of suck
suckless, adjectiveWord Origin for suck
Old English sūcan; related to Old Norse súga, Middle Dutch sūgen, Latin sūgere to suck, exhaust; see soak
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