SUCK


Meaning of SUCK in English

v. & n.

--v.

1. tr. draw (a fluid) into the mouth by making a partial vacuum.

2 tr. (also absol.) a draw milk or other fluid from or through (the breast etc. or a container). b extract juice from (a fruit) by sucking.

3 tr. a draw sustenance, knowledge, or advantage from (a book etc.). b imbibe or gain (knowledge, advantage, etc.) as if by sucking.

4 tr. roll the tongue round (a sweet, teeth, one's thumb, etc.).

5 intr. make a sucking action or sound (sucking at his pipe).

6 intr. (of a pump etc.) make a gurgling or drawing sound.

7 tr. (usu. foll. by down, in) engulf, smother, or drown in a sucking movement.

--n.

1. the act or an instance of sucking, esp. the breast.

2 the drawing action or sound of a whirlpool etc.

3 (often foll. by of) a small draught of liquor.

4 (in pl.; esp. as int.) colloq. a an expression of disappointment. b an expression of derision or amusement at another's discomfiture.

Phrases and idioms:

give suck archaic (of a mother, dam, etc.) suckle. suck dry

1. exhaust the contents of (a bottle, the breast, etc.) by sucking.

2 exhaust (a person's sympathy, resources, etc.) as if by sucking.

suck in

1. absorb.

2 sense 7 of v.

3 involve (a person) in an activity etc. esp. against his or her will.

suck up

1. (often foll. by to) colloq. behave obsequiously esp. for one's own advantage.

2 absorb.

Etymology: OE sucan, L sugere

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.