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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.]

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suck

Verb

1. to draw (a liquid) into the mouth through pursed lips

2. to take (something) into the mouth and moisten, dissolve, or roll it around with the tongue: suck a mint

3. to extract liquid from (a solid food): he sat sucking orange segments

4. to draw in (fluid) as if by sucking: the mussel sucks in water

5. to drink milk from (a mother's breast); suckle

6. (often foll. by down, in)etc. to draw (a thing or person somewhere) with a powerful force

7. Slang to be contemptible or disgusting

Noun

a sucking [Old English sūcan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	suck - the act of sucking sucking, suction consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Verb	1.	suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" drink, imbibe - take in liquids; "The patient must drink several liters each day"; "The children like to drink soda" breastfeed, give suck, lactate, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse, suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" suck in, sop up, take up, take in - take up as if with a sponge
	2.	suck - draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet" draw, take out - take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"
	3.	suck - attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad" suck in take in, absorb - suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"
	4.	suck - be inadequate or objectionable; "this sucks!" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	5.	suck - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation fellate, go down on, blow excite, stir, stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
	6.	suck - take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, absorb, take up, take in, draw mop, mop up, wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop; "Mop the hallway now"; "He mopped her forehead with a towel" blot - dry (ink) with blotting paper sponge up - absorb as if with a sponge; "sponge up the spilled milk on the counter" suck in, draw in - draw in as if by suction; "suck in your cheeks and stomach"
	7.	suck - give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" breastfeed, give suck, lactate, wet-nurse, suckle, nurse suck - draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth; "suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"; "suck on a straw"; "the baby sucked on the mother's breast" feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

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suck

verb 1. drink, sip, draw

verb 2. take, draw, pull, extract

suck up to someone (Informal) ingratiate yourself with, play up to (informal) curry favour with, flatter, pander to, toady, butter up, keep in with (informal) fawn on, truckle, lick someone's boots, dance attendance on, get on the right side of, worm yourself into (someone's) favour

Translations

suck [sʌk] vt → chupar [+ bottle]; sorber [+ breast]; mamar; [pump, machine] → aspirar

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suck [sʌk] vt → sucer [+ breast, bottle]; téter; [pump, machine] → aspirer

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suck [sʌk] vt (sweet etc) → lutschen;

(ice-lolly) → lutschen an +dat;

(baby) → saugen an +dat;

(pump, machine) → saugen

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suck [sʌk] vt → succhiare; [baby] → poppare; [pump, machine] → aspirare