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suck (suk)

transitive verb

    1. to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue
    2. to draw up (water, oil, etc.) by the action of a pump
  2. to take up or in by or as by sucking; absorb, inhale, etc. to suck air into the lungs
  3. to suck liquid from (a breast, fruit, etc.)
  4. to hold (candy, ice, etc.) in the mouth and lick so as to dissolve and consume
  5. to place (the thumb, a pencil, etc.) in the mouth and draw on as if sucking
  6. to bring into a specified state by sucking to suck an orange dry
  7. Slang, Vulgar to perform fellatio on

Etymology: ME suken < OE sucan, akin to Ger saugen < IE *seuk-, *seug- < base *seu-, damp, juice > sup, L sucus, juice, sugere, to suck

intransitive verb

  1. to draw in water, air, etc. by creating a partial vacuum
  2. to suck milk from the breast or udder
  3. to hold something in the mouth and lick or draw on it: used with on or at to suck on a piece of ice, sucking away at his pipe
  4. to make a sound or movement of sucking
  5. to draw in air instead of liquid: said of a faulty pump
  6. Slang to be contemptible or very unsatisfying, as because of low quality this show sucks

noun

  1. the act of sucking; sucking action or force; suction
  2. a sound or movement of sucking
    1. something drawn in by sucking
    2. Informal the amount sucked at one time; sip
suck Idioms

suck in

  1. to compress and pull inward to suck in one's belly
  2. Slang to take advantage of; swindle, etc.

suck up (to)

Slang to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
suck Synonyms

suck

v.

absorb, take up, swallow up, engulf.

suck Usage Examples

Object

  • dick: No one translated the Russian slogan on their t-shirts either it said " war sucks dick " !
  • nectar: Who hasn't sucked the nectar from the flower of the dead nettle?
  • lifeblood: She is alive because, and only because, to put it bluntly, she sucks the lifeblood out of Jodie.
  • egg: The meeting spent much time telling the Grading team how to suck eggs.
  • moisture: Dry enough to suck the moisture out of our skins very efficiently.

Preposition: on

  • pipe: You might aswell suck on a bus exhaust pipe.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • dry: Robertson's pedigree is undoubted and he doesn't just give everything he's got, he sucks an appreciative audience dry as well.

Preposition: into

  • hole: This time, DSS Sauropod is sucked into a black hole.
  • engine: Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Adjective complement

  • dry: These countries, sucked dry by debt repayments to the west, provide little or no support to families.

Modifying Another Word

  • kinda: The timing of this whole thing kinda sucks big time but as we all know bureaucrats have no heart or Christmas spirit.
  • ass: August 4th 2002 ( actually the 5th, VERY early in the morning ) Britain sucks ass.
  • literally: This acts like a vacuum cleaner, literally sucking the plate backward.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • up: In plain words, suck up or ship out.
  • out: A sample of fluid can now be sucked out with a syringe.

Followed by a transitive particle

  • out: These places suck the life out of you the second you set foot on the ground.
  • up: Great for oily skin - really sucks up excess oils.

Preposition: in

  • breath: Mrs H sucked in a deep breath; she was about to make a statement.
  • air: Take a deep breath, suck in the air.
suck Quotes

Rompre l'os et sucer la substantifique moelle. Break the bone and suck out the very substance.

—Rabelais, Fran c° ois

Browse dictionary entries near suck

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  6. ‹ such and such
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  9. ‹ succuss
  10. ‹ succumb
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