I. ˈsək verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English soken, souken, from Old English sūcan; akin to Old High German sūgan to suck, Old Norse sūga, Latin sugere to suck, Middle Breton sunaff juice, Greek hyei it is raining, Lithuanian sunkti to filter, ooze, Tocharian B swese rain
transitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to draw (a liquid) into the mouth by a partial vacuum caused by motion of the mouth ; specifically : to draw (milk) from a breast or udder by motion of the mouth or lips
(2) : to draw or remove by application of the tongue or lips : lick , lap
suck food particles from the tongue
(3) : to draw by or as if by a vacuum created by application of the mouth to a tube
suck the membrane from the throat, using a tube — Morris Fishbein
the bee that sucks from mountain heath her honey — William Wordsworth
(4) : to draw by or as if by suction, absorption, inhalation
a vacuum pump sucks the steam out of the cloth — Werner Von Bergen & H.R.Mauersberger
was nearly sucked under by a bog — British Book News
the pull of gravity … would suck the blood away from his head — J.A.Michener
the sun sucked up the rain … — H.L.Merillat
b. archaic : to absorb (a characteristic) in infancy
thy valiantness was mine, thou suck'st it from me — Shakespeare
c. : to gather or exhaust a supply of
sucked away their specie reserves — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager
the bemused spinster sucking culture from galleries — H.S.Canby
sucking strength all round for the savage struggle — Liam O'Flaherty
d. : to affect and especially involve in an enterprise by compulsion or deceit
all of us … have been sucked out of our native soil and scattered in every unlikely corner of the world — Michael Howard
— usually used with in or into
inadvertently sucked into the … intrigue — Martin Levin
sucked into … jury duty — H.J.Laski
found themselves … sucked in as the purveyors of gossip — Alan Barth
2.
a.
(1) : to draw liquid or semifluid substance from by a partial vacuum caused by motion of the mouth
suck an orange
specifically : to suck milk from (a breast or udder)
(2) : to draw from or consume by applying the lips or tongue to or across the surface of or by or as if by a vacuum created by applying the mouth to a tube
suck out the trachea — A.R.Koontz
suck a lollipop
(3) : to apply the mouth or its parts to in the manner of a child sucking the breast
sucks his thumb
sucking his empty pipe — Ellen Glasgow
b. : to gather or exhaust the resources, strength, or vitality of
a body sucked and wasted by disease
3. : suckle , nurse
4. : to fawn upon
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to draw milk from a breast or udder
b. : to draw something in by or as if by producing a vacuum
the thirsty hot winds above suck constantly at the soil — W.P.Webb
c. : to draw air — used of a pump that fails to draw fluid because of low water or a defective valve
d. : to draw in the mouth over or around an object in the manner of a child at the breast
pensively … and slowly sucked at his pipe — Haldane Macfall
2. : to flow or splash against a shore somewhat forcefully and in waves especially so as to undermine or wash away part of its substance
the tide drained and sucked at the mud flats — Nicholas Monsarrat
3. : to become sucked so as to make a sound or motion
his pipe sucked hollowly — Walter Machen
flanks sucked in and out, the long nose resting on his paws — Virginia Woolf
4. : to act in an obsequious manner
when they want votes … the candidates come sucking around — W.G.Hardy
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- suck dry
- suck the blood of
- suck the monkey
- suck up to
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English souke, from souken to suck
1.
a. : the act of sucking ; specifically : the act of sucking milk
a child at suck
b. : a sucking movement or force
the strong suck of the undertow
2. obsolete : milk drawn or to be drawn from the breast
3. : a small draft : sip
4. : whirlpool
5. slang : an obsequious person : toady ; also : the influence an obsequious person has over another
III. “, ˈsu̇k
variant of sock
IV. transitive verb
: to perform fellatio upon — often used with off ; usually considered vulgar
intransitive verb
slang : stink 2 4
charge cards suck — Reinhold Aman
as a singer, the truth was, I sucked — Artie Ripp