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suck
[ suhk ]
verb (used with object)
- to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue:
to suck lemonade through a straw.
- to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction:
Plants suck moisture from the earth. The pump sucked water from the basement.
- to apply the lips or mouth to and draw upon by producing a partial vacuum, especially for extracting fluid contents:
to suck an orange.
- to put into the mouth and draw upon:
to suck one's thumb.
- to take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.:
to suck a piece of candy.
- to render or bring to a specified condition by or as if by sucking.
- Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio on (sometimes followed by off ).
verb (used without object)
- to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, especially to draw milk from the breast.
- to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
- (of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
- Slang. to be repellent or unpleasant:
Poverty sucks.
- Slang. to be inferior, as in quality or execution; be poor:
Everyone says the show sucks. She sucks at tennis.
- Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usually followed by around ).
noun
- an act or instance of sucking.
- a sucking force.
- the sound produced by sucking.
- that which is sucked; nourishment drawn from the breast.
- a small drink; sip.
- a whirlpool.
verb phrase
- Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud:
The confidence man sucked us all in.
- Slang. to be obsequious; toady:
The workers are all sucking up to him because he's the one who decides who'll get the bonuses.
suck
/ sʌk /
verb
- to draw (a liquid or other substance) into the mouth by creating a partial vacuum in the mouth
- to draw in (fluid, etc) by or as if by a similar action
plants suck moisture from the soil
- to drink milk from (a mother's breast); suckle
- tr to extract fluid content from (a solid food)
to suck a lemon
- tr to take into the mouth and moisten, dissolve, or roll around with the tongue
to suck one's thumb
- tr; often foll by down, in, etc to draw by using irresistible force
the whirlpool sucked him down
- intr (of a pump) to draw in air because of a low supply level or leaking valves, pipes, etc
- tr to assimilate or acquire (knowledge, comfort, etc)
- slang.intr to be contemptible or disgusting
- sucking diesel informal.doing very well; successful
- suck it and see informal.to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
noun
- the act or an instance of sucking
- something that is sucked, esp milk from the mother's breast
- give suck toto give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- an attracting or sucking force
the suck of the whirlpool was very strong
- a sound caused by sucking
Derived Forms
- ˈsuckless, adjective
Other Words From
- suckless adjective
- outsuck verb (used with object)
- un·sucked adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of suck1
Idioms and Phrases
- suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
Example Sentences
The “How to Suck Less” series wasn’t a series until we realized that to suck a little less, we should make it one.
The “How to Suck Less” series wasn’t a series until we realized that to suck a little less we should make it one and so we have.
I started a blog called Boo Cancer, You Suck as a safe place for me to process what I was going through.
Whether the episodes suck or the episodes are great, I stand by them.
They want Lawrence to suck it up and smile for the camera, however retroactively.
Anyone who thinks otherwise, to employ the emotional sophistication of “Shake It Off,” can suck it.
They were going to suck up this problem and turn into the solution to the other problem, which was the meat shortage.
Then they continue to prick the body, and, as they say, they draw off or suck out the humors until the body is left dry.
The child, who teaches its grandmother to suck eggs, commits a venial fault in comparison.
They seize the former so dexterously by the neck that they always master them; the crocodile eggs they suck.
If the young elephant had once been used to suck with his mouth, how could he lose that habit the remainder of his life?
She is supposed to be a sort of spiritual vampyre, and to suck the life out of infants and young people.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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