Origin of suck
before 900; (v.) Middle English souken, Old English sūcan, cognate with Latin sūgere; (noun) Middle English souke act of suckling, derivative of the noun; akin to soak
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Related Words for suck up
gulp, guzzle, swallow, devour, stuff, wolf, ingurgitate, cram, gorge, scarfsuck
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Word 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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