SUCKER


Meaning of SUCKER in English

I. suck ‧ er 1 /ˈsʌkə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

1 . PERSON informal someone who is easily tricked or persuaded to do something:

You fell for that old line? Sucker!

2 . be a sucker for somebody/something informal to like someone or something very much, especially so that you cannot refuse them:

I’m a total sucker for seafood.

3 . PART OF AN ANIMAL a part of an insect or of an animal’s body that it uses to hold on to a surface

4 . SWEET American English a ↑ lollipop

5 . PLANT a part of a plant that grows from the root or lower stem to become a new plant

6 . RUBBER a flat round piece of rubber that sticks to a surface by ↑ suction

II. sucker 2 BrE AmE verb

sucker somebody into something phrasal verb

American English to persuade someone to do something they do not want to do, especially by tricking them or lying to them

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.