suck in

suck  (sk)

v. sucked, suck·ing, sucks

v.tr.

1. To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.

2.

a. To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt.

b. To draw in by or as if by a current in a fluid.

c. To draw or pull as if by suction: teenagers who are sucked into a life of crime.

3. To draw nourishment through or from: suck a baby bottle.

4. To hold, moisten, or maneuver (a sweet, for example) in the mouth.

5. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.

v.intr.

1. To draw something in by or as if by suction: felt the drain starting to suck.

2. To draw nourishment; suckle.

3. To make a sound caused by suction.

4. Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive.

n.

1. The act or sound of sucking.

2. Suction.

3. Something drawn in by sucking.

Phrasal Verbs:

suck in

To take advantage of; cheat; swindle.

suck up Slang

To behave obsequiously; fawn.

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[Middle English suken, from Old English scan; see seu-² in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	suck in - take up as if with a sponge sop up, take up, take in ingest, consume, have, take in, take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
	2.	suck in - attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad" suck take in, absorb - suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
	3.	suck in - draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach" draw in core out, hollow out, hollow - remove the interior of; "hollow out a tree trunk" aspirate, suck out, draw out - remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound"