I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
out
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I thought I was going to be sucked out .
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He had greatly impressed us by sucking out raw eggs and swinging dangerously from the barn rafters.
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With the breath sucked out of her lungs, she could barely stand upright in the face of the gusts.
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When the autumn gales blew you could see the smoke being sucked out through the wall like water out of a leaky bucket.
■ NOUN
air
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Velocity and fusion sucking up the shocked air .
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I breathe, sucking air while circling left.
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You just sucked in air . 14.
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Only a small amount of sand is sucked up if the air flow is kept low.
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A white preacher who prayed for their souls while Sethe peeled potatoes and Grandma Baby sucked air .
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Bernice sucked in air with a rasping gasp that hurt her throat.
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Within hours the bubble had begun to expand and rise, sucking in the surrounding air .
baby
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Mums found their babies sucking the studs after pulling them off.
blood
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The louse then feeds by sucking the fish's blood .
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I keep sucking the blood from my thumb, so as not to spoil things by messing the sheet.
breath
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I sucked on breath mints, rubbed deodorant under my arms and on my feet.
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Chesarynth sucked in another breath of the sweet, tangy air and melted into the crowd, shuffling inside with the rest.
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As he sucked in his breath , the hand covering her mouth fell.
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Bernice sucked in a deep breath , searching for a tell-tale smell - and there it was!
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The waiting crowd of marchers groaned and sucked in their breath in sympathetic pain at every blow.
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He sucked in a deep breath .
cheek
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She responded, not laughing but sucking in her cheeks like a man blowing on to his hands in cold weather.
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She sucked in her cheeks on it, manipulating her lithe tongue around its thickness.
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When he had finished decoding, he sucked in his cheeks .
cigarette
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The yellow one muttered a remark to her companion, who laughed and sucked on a cigarette .
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She sucked , and the cigarette end glowed.
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Eikhl sucked on his cigarette , but it had gone out.
finger
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The lips and hands have the most touch receptors; this may explain why newborns enjoy sucking their fingers .
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She remembered Doc Threadneedle suggesting she try sucking her finger and sticking it in an electric socket.
juice
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He sucked a bit of juice from one of his fingers and tried to think of something to say.
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He plucked and ate them with surprising sensuality, sucking out the juice and spitting the pips into his left hand.
life
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This toxic recycling has sucked the life out of political debate.
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Death thoughts turn your hair white, make you weak and break you, sucking out your life .
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The 11-11 mark over the past two years has sorta sucked the life out of Wildcat fans.
mouth
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The centre of Dixie's shirt caves in instantly, as if a hidden mouth inside had sucked at it and vomited blood.
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A variety of objects are placed in the mouth or sucked via the sucking reflex.
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He brought his hand to his mouth , sucked the back of his forefinger.
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Yet I could not stop my mouth from sucking at the root.
pipe
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He was twiddling a piece of cork and sucking on his empty pipe .
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As it passes through the device, the water decreases in pressure, sucking more water into pipes .
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Hence the comfort from eating, sucking sweets or a pipe , and drawing on a cigarette.
thumb
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She was sucking her thumb so it came out very indistinctly.
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When she brought it, he was sitting at his typewriter, sucking his damaged thumb .
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Then he led her to his bed and let her sleep, childlike in her position as she sucked her thumb .
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Most fetuses sucked their right thumb , with only 5.4% preferring their left.
tooth
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He sucked his teeth for a minute.
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But he just shook his head, sucked his teeth and shuffled out.
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Denis whisked open the fridge and sucked on his teeth .
water
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Pumping air into these causes water to be sucked through with the bubbles as they rise to the surface.
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The water sucked and swallowed itself beneath them.
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The water was sucked into the pores.
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They discarded clothes, finished their water and desperately sucked at the tomatoes for moisture.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He's eight years old and he still sucks his thumb.
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Let's not go there -- the food sucks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Our reporters uncovered a generation who have been sucked into a dark underworld of solvent abuse and hard drugs.
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She's got long fair hair and a little white face and she sucks her thumb a lot.
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The eighth time the hand enters the mouth, the thumb alone is retained and sucking continues.
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This toxic recycling has sucked the life out of political debate.
II. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
teach your grandmother (to suck eggs)