suck
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).
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).
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.
suck in, Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud: The confidence man sucked us all in.
suck up, 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.
Idioms about suck
suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
Origin of suck
1Other words from suck
- suckless, adjective
- outsuck, verb (used with object)
- un·sucked, adjective
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How to use suck in a sentence
They were going to suck up this problem and turn into the solution to the other problem, which was the meat shortage.
Mississippi Hippos, Teddy Bears, and Other Strange Beasts | Scott Porch | July 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt shows how people suck up to their sources, while at the same time Monica was getting killed in the press.
‘Clinton Inc.’ Author Dishes on Monica Lewinsky and the Blue Dress | Lloyd Grove | July 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAll this will suck up the time that an intensive peace push would require.
This is a big problem of his, and it's caused by his pathological need to suck up to the right.
Those five million pixels suck up some serious GPU (graphics processor) time, which in turn, sucks up battery power.
5 Reasons I Hate My New MacBook Pro: A Geek’s Critique | Jason Stewart | June 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It would be noon before the sun could suck up this moisture.
Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross | Alice B. EmersonThey suck up this, in the most approved fashion, through a hollow reed, out of the original still-pot.
The Pacification of Burma | Sir Charles Haukes Todd CrosthwaiteMy thin blood seemed to suck up the cold until I was benumbed and almost unable to move the wheel.
The Log of a Sea-Waif | Frank T. BullenI spread them on my face late in summer after a shower and suck up their breath.
They also suck up a few other things as well, which are necessary indeed, but far from forming the bulk of the nutriment.
Science in Arcady | Grant Allen
British Dictionary definitions for suck
/ (sʌk) /
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)
(intr) slang 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
the act or an instance of sucking
something that is sucked, esp milk from the mother's breast
give suck to to 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
Origin of suck
1- See also suck in, suck off, sucks, suck up to
Derived forms of suck
- suckless, adjective
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