- to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue
- to draw up (water, oil, etc.) by the action of a pump
- to take up or in by or as by sucking; absorb, inhale, etc.: to suck air into the lungs
- to suck liquid from (a breast, fruit, etc.)
- to hold (candy, ice, etc.) in the mouth and lick so as to dissolve and consume
- to place (the thumb, a pencil, etc.) in the mouth and draw on as if sucking
- to bring into a specified state by sucking: to suck an orange dry
- Slang, Vulgar to perform fellatio on
Origin of suck
Middle English suken from Old English sucan, akin to German saugen from Indo-European an unverified form seuk-, an unverified form seug- from base an unverified form seu-, damp, juice from source sup, Classical Latin sucus, juice, sugere, to suck- to draw in water, air, etc. by creating a partial vacuum
- to suck milk from the breast or udder
- 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
- to make a sound or movement of sucking
- to draw in air instead of liquid: said of a faulty pump
Origin of suck
see sucktransitive verbSlang to be contemptible or very unsatisfying, as because of low quality: considered mildly vulgar by some: this show sucks
- the act of sucking; sucking action or force; suction
- a sound or movement of sucking
- something drawn in by sucking
- Informal the amount sucked at one time; sip
suck Idioms
suck in
- to compress and pull inward: to suck in one's belly
- Slang to take advantage of; swindle, etc.
suck it up
Slang to respond to hardship, pain, etc. calmly and without complaint
suck up (to)
Slang to flatter or fawn (on) ingratiatingly
