n. & v.
--n.
1. a a person or thing that sucks. b a sucking-pig, newborn whale, etc.
2 sl. a a gullible or easily deceived person. b (foll. by for) a person especially susceptible to.
3 a a rubber cup etc. that adheres to a surface by suction. b an organ enabling an organism to cling to a surface by suction.
4 Bot. a shoot springing from the rooted part of a stem, from the root at a distance from the main stem, from an axil, or occasionally from a branch.
5 any of various fish that has a mouth capable of or seeming to be capable of adhering by suction.
6 a the piston of a suction-pump. b a pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction.
7 US colloq. a lollipop.
--v. Bot.
1. tr. remove suckers from.
2 intr. produce suckers.