Suck definition
To place (the thumb, a pencil, etc.) in the mouth and draw on as if sucking.
verb
To draw a liquid into the mouth through or from.
A baby sucking a bottle.
verb
The act or sound of sucking.
Gave the straw a suck.
noun
To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.
verb
To hold, moisten, or maneuver (a sweet, for example) in the mouth, especially in creating suction.
verb
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Suction.
noun
To suck liquid from (a breast, fruit, etc.)
verb
To hold something in the mouth and lick or draw on it.
To suck on a piece of ice, sucking away at his pipe.
verb
(slang) To be contemptible or very unsatisfying, as because of low quality.
This show sucks.
verb
Suck is defined as to draw in by suction.
An example of suck is what many babies do with their thumbs.
An example of suck is what a vacuum cleaner does when it picks up dirt off of the rug.
verb
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To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum.
A cleaning device that sucks up dirt; sucked air into his lungs.
verb
To draw in a current in a fluid.
Debris that got sucked into the drain.
verb
To caused to be involved or engaged in something.
Teenagers who are sucked into a life of crime.
verb
To move the tongue and lips to create suction.
Sucked on a straw.
verb
To draw something in by suction.
The pump started to suck.
verb
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To draw nourishment from a breast or teat; suckle.
verb
To make a sound caused by suction.
verb
To be highly unpleasant or disagreeable.
This job sucks.
verb
To be of poor or inferior quality.
The acting in that movie sucked.
verb
To be inept.
I suck at math.
verb
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To bring into a specified state by sucking.
To suck an orange dry.
verb
To draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue.
verb
To draw up (water, oil, etc.) by the action of a pump.
verb
To draw in water, air, etc. by creating a partial vacuum.
verb
To suck milk from the breast or udder.
verb
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To make a sound or movement of sucking.
verb
To draw in air instead of liquid.
verb
The act of sucking; sucking action or force; suction.
noun
A sound or movement of sucking.
noun
Something drawn in by sucking.
noun
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(informal) The amount sucked at one time; sip.
noun
To hold (candy, ice, etc.) in the mouth and lick so as to dissolve and consume.
verb
To take up or in by or as by sucking; absorb, inhale, etc.
To suck air into the lungs.
verb
suck in
- to compress and pull inwardTo suck in one's belly.
- to take advantage of; swindle, etc.
idiom
suck it up
- to respond to hardship, pain, etc. calmly and without complaint
idiom
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suck up (to)
- to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of suck
- Middle English suken from Old English sūcan seuə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition