A SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT

Meaning of A SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT in English

one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker for punishment.

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A SUCKER FOR PUNISHMENT — one who allows himself to be hurt or blamed If I accept blame for a team loss, I'm a sucker …
English Idioms vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SUCKER — Any of 80–100 species (family Catostomidae) of freshwater food fishes found mostly in North America. Suckers can be distinguished from …
Английский словарь Британика
PUNISHMENT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Английский словарь Британика
SUCKER — I. ˈsəkə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English soker, souker, from soken, souken to suck + -er — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — ˈpənishmənt, -nēsh- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English punisshement, from Middle French punissement, from puniss- (stem of punir to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUCKER — (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the …
Английский словарь Webster
SUCKER — ( v. t. ) To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUCKER — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUCKER — — suckerlike , adj. /suk"euhr/ , n. 1. a person or thing that sucks. 2. Informal. a person easily cheated, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUCKER — I. ˈsə-kər noun Date: 14th century 1. a. : one that sucks especially a breast or udder : suckling b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUCKER — noun the hagfish, or myxine. 2. sucker ·noun a hard drinker; a soaker. 3. sucker ·noun a suckling; a sucking …
Webster English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun the act of punishing. 2. punishment ·add. ·noun severe, rough, or disastrous treatment. 3. punishment ·noun any pain, suffering, …
Webster English vocab
SUCKER — [suck.er] n (14c) 1 a: one that sucks esp. a breast or udder: suckling b: a device for creating or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SUCKER — any of the freshwater fishes constituting the family Catostomidae, similar to and closely related to the carp and minnows (Cyprinidae). …
Britannica English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — the infliction of some kind of pain or loss upon a person for a misdeedi.e., the transgression of a law …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUCKER — sucker BrE AmE ˈsʌk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ sucker|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — punishment BrE AmE ˈpʌn ɪʃ mənt ▷ punishment|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SUCKER — / ˈsʌkə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. ( informal ) a person who is easily tricked or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — / ˈpʌnɪʃmənt; NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] punishment (for sth) an act or a way of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUCKER — I. suck ‧ er 1 /ˈsʌkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . PERSON informal someone who is easily …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PUNISHMENT — pun ‧ ish ‧ ment W3 /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ punishable , ↑ punishing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUCKER — ( suckers) 1. If you call someone a sucker , you mean that it is very easy to cheat them. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — ( punishments) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PUNISHMENT — (~s) 1. Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the physical …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SUCKER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sucker punch EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ How much did that sucker cost you? ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES administer justice/punishment etc ▪ It is not the job of the police to administer justice; …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SUCKER — (THING OR PERSON) [noun] [C] US [informal] - used to refer to a thing or person that is unpleasant or …
Cambridge English vocab
PUNISHMENT — [noun]Many people think that the death penalty is too severe a punishment for any crime. [C](formal) It was always our …
Cambridge English vocab
SUCKER — n. Any of 80100 species (family Catostomidae) of freshwater food fishes found mostly in North America. Suckers can be distinguished …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUNISHMENT — n. capital punishment corporal punishment strong and hard punishment
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PUNISHMENT — n. Function: noun the act or an instance of punishing FF1C; a spanking was his punishment FF1E; Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun the act or an instance of punishing a spanking was his punishment Synonyms: castigation, chastisement, correction, discipline, punition, rod …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — See ↑ PUNISH 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a glutton for punishment • ↑ capital punishment • ↑ corporal punishment
Longman Activator English vocab
PUNISHMENT — n. 25B6; noun the punishment of the guilty : PENALIZING, punishing, disciplining; retribution; dated chastisement. the teacher imposed punishments : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — Punishment for people who break the law is decided in a court of law. In the US federal, state and …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
PUNISHMENT — n. 1 chastisement, chastising, castigation, castigating, discipline, disciplining, chastening, scolding, rebuke, reproof, dressing-down, admonishment, admonition, correction, punitive measures Every society …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PUNISHMENT — noun BAD : The police are in favour of stricter punishments. GOOD : The police are in favour of harsher …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SUCKER — сущ. 1) а) сосун(ок) (детеныш любого млекопитающего (человека в частности) в возрасте, когда его кормят грудным молоком) б) разг. молокосос, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PUNISHMENT — сущ. 1) а) кара, наказание to administer punishment to ≈ применять наказание to escape punishment ≈ избежать наказания, остаться безнаказанным …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUCKER — 1. ʹsʌkə n 1. см. suck II + -er 2. сосун, сосунок ( особ. молочный поросёнок ) 3. амер. разг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PUNISHMENT — punishment.ogg ʹpʌnıʃmənt n 1. наказание; взыскание capital punishment - смертная казнь corporal punishment - телесное наказание summary punishment - воен. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SUCKER — 1. ʹsʌkə n 1. см. suck II + -er 2. сосун, сосунок ( особ. молочный поросёнок ) 3. амер. разг. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PUNISHMENT — n 1. наказание; взыскание capital punishment - смертная казнь corporal punishment - телесное наказание summary punishment - воен. дисциплинарное взыскание …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); fə …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SUCKER — сущ. 1) а) сосун(ок) ( детеныш любого млекопитающего (человека в частности) в возрасте, когда его кормят грудным молоком ) Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PUNISHMENT — сущ. 1) а) кара, наказание to administer punishment to — применять наказание to escape punishment — избежать наказания, остаться безнаказанным …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SUCKER — сущ. 1) а) сосун(ок) (детеныш любого млекопитающего (человека в частности) в возрасте, когда его кормят грудным молоком) Syn: suckling б) тех. поршень насоса; всасывающий патрубок 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PUNISHMENT — сущ. 1) а) кара, наказание to administer punishment to — применять наказание to escape punishment — избежать наказания, остаться безнаказанным to impose, inflict punishment on …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SUCKER — 1) сосунок 2) присоска 3) корневой побег, корневой отпрыск; волчок, боковой побег; выбрасывать боковые побеги 4) энт. листоблошка (Psylla) 5) ихт. чукучан; pl чукучановые …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
SUCKER — 1) сосунок 2) присоска 3) корневой побег, корневой отпрыск; волчок, боковой побег; выбрасывать боковые побеги 4) энт. листоблошка ( Psylla …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
PUNISHMENT — сущ., юр. наказание, взыскание capital punishment — смертная казнь authority punishment — дисциплинарное взыскание corporal punishment — телесное наказание cruel and unusual punishment — жестокое …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
SUCKER — - gulley sucker - scow sucker
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
PUNISHMENT — наказание punishment as a deterrent — наказание как средство устрашения; punishment endured — отбытое наказание; on pain of punishment — под страхом наказания; to …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
SUCKER — (пневматический) присос - back sucker - corner sucker - feeding sucker - forwarder sucker - front sucker - front forwarding …
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
SUCKER
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
PUNISHMENT — n infml The furniture in the house with five active children had taken a lot of punishment — Мебель в доме, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
SUCKER
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
PUNISHMENT — n infml The furniture in the house with five active children had taken a lot of punishment — Мебель в …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики

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