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suck

[ suhk ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue:

    to suck lemonade through a straw.

  2. 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.

  3. to apply the lips or mouth to and draw upon by producing a partial vacuum, especially for extracting fluid contents:

    to suck an orange.

  4. to put into the mouth and draw upon:

    to suck one's thumb.

  5. to take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.:

    to suck a piece of candy.

  6. to render or bring to a specified condition by or as if by sucking.
  7. Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio on (sometimes followed by off ).


verb (used without object)

  1. to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, especially to draw milk from the breast.
  2. to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
  3. (of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
  4. Slang. to be repellent or unpleasant:

    Poverty sucks.

  5. Slang. to be inferior, as in quality or execution; be poor:

    Everyone says the show sucks. She sucks at tennis.

  6. Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usually followed by around ).

noun

  1. an act or instance of sucking.
  2. a sucking force.
  3. the sound produced by sucking.
  4. that which is sucked; nourishment drawn from the breast.
  5. a small drink; sip.
  6. a whirlpool.

verb phrase

  1. Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud:

    The confidence man sucked us all in.

  2. 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

/ ²õʌ°ì /

verb

  1. to draw (a liquid or other substance) into the mouth by creating a partial vacuum in the mouth
  2. to draw in (fluid, etc) by or as if by a similar action

    plants suck moisture from the soil

  3. to drink milk from (a mother's breast); suckle
  4. tr to extract fluid content from (a solid food)

    to suck a lemon

  5. tr to take into the mouth and moisten, dissolve, or roll around with the tongue

    to suck one's thumb

  6. tr; often foll by down, in, etc to draw by using irresistible force

    the whirlpool sucked him down

  7. intr (of a pump) to draw in air because of a low supply level or leaking valves, pipes, etc
  8. tr to assimilate or acquire (knowledge, comfort, etc)
  9. slang.
    intr to be contemptible or disgusting
  10. sucking diesel informal.
    doing very well; successful
  11. suck it and see informal.
    to try something to find out what it is, what it is like, or how it works
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of sucking
  2. something that is sucked, esp milk from the mother's breast
  3. give suck to
    to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
  4. an attracting or sucking force

    the suck of the whirlpool was very strong

  5. a sound caused by sucking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³Ü³Š°ì±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³Ü³Š°ìl±ð²õ²õ adjective
  • ŽÇ³Ü³Ùî€ÈŽ³Ü³Š°ì verb (used with object)
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ³Ü³Š°ì±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suck1

First recorded before 900; (verb) Middle English souken, Old English ²õÅ«³Š²¹²Ô, cognate with Latin ²õÅ«²µ±ð°ù±ð; (noun) Middle English souke “act of suckling,” derivative of the noun; akin to soak
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of suck1

Old English ²õÅ«³Š²¹²Ô; related to Old Norse ²õú²µ²¹, Middle Dutch ²õÅ«²µ±ð²Ô, Latin ²õÅ«²µ±ð°ù±ð to suck, exhaust; see soak
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
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Howard meanwhile had suggestions when it came to the ways other characters might suck up to him.

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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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