suck·er (s k  r)n. 1. One that sucks, especially an unweaned domestic animal. 2. Informal a. One who is easily deceived; a dupe. b. One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified: "The nation's capital is a sucker for a symbolic gesture" (Jonathan Alter). 3. Slang a. An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: "our goal of getting that sucker on the air before old age took the both of us" (Linda Ellerbee). b. A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: He's a mean sucker. 4. A lollipop. 5. a. A piston or piston valve, as in a suction pump or syringe. b. A tube or pipe, such as a siphon, through which something is sucked. 6. Any of numerous chiefly North American freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae, having a toothless jaw and a thick-lipped mouth adapted for feeding by suction. 7. Zoology An organ or other structure adapted for sucking nourishment or for clinging to objects by suction. 8. Botany A secondary shoot produced from the base or roots of a woody plant that gives rise to a new plant. v. suck·ered, suck·er·ing, suck·ers v.tr. 1. To strip suckers or shoots from (plants). 2. Informal To trick; dupe: sucker a tourist into a confidence game. v.intr. Botany To send out suckers or shoots. |
sucker [ˈsʌkə]
n
1. a person or thing that sucks
2. Slang a person who is easily deceived or swindled
3. Slang a person who cannot resist the attractions of a particular type of person or thing he's a sucker for blondes
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a young animal that is not yet weaned, esp a suckling pig
5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Zoology an organ that is specialized for sucking or adhering
6. (Engineering / Tools) a cup-shaped device, generally made of rubber, that may be attached to articles allowing them to adhere to a surface by suction
7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany
a. a strong shoot that arises in a mature plant from a root, rhizome, or the base of the main stem
b. a short branch of a parasitic plant that absorbs nutrients from the host
8. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a pipe or tube through which a fluid is drawn by suction
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any small mainly North American cyprinoid fish of the family Catostomidae, having toothless jaws and a large sucking mouth
10. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of certain fishes that have sucking discs, esp the clingfish or sea snail
11. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a piston in a suction pump or the valve in such a piston
vb
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) (tr) to strip off the suckers from (a plant)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) (of a plant) to produce suckers
| sucker (skr) 1. A part by which an animal sucks blood from or uses suction to cling to another animal. Leeches and remoras have suckers. 2. A shoot growing from the base or root of a tree or shrub and giving rise to a new plant, a clone of the plant from which it comes. The growth of suckers is a form of asexual reproduction. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  sucker - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
| 2. | sucker - a shoot arising from a plant's roots shoot - a new branch | |
| 3. | sucker - a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) drinker - a person who drinks liquids | |
| 4. | sucker - flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws sucker - mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food | |
| 5. |  sucker - hard candy on a stick | |
| 6. | sucker - an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction cupule - a sucker on the feet of certain flies organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | |
| 7. | sucker - mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps Catostomidae, family Catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae catostomid - a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae buffalo fish, buffalofish - any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley redhorse, redhorse sucker - North American sucker with reddish fins sucker - flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws |
sucker
Translations
sucker
n
(inf: = fool) → Trottel m (inf); to be a sucker for something → (immer) auf etw (acc) → hereinfallen; (= be partial to) → eine Schwäche für etw haben; to be had for a sucker → zum Narren gehalten werden, für dumm verkauft werden; he’s looking for some sucker who’ll lend him £200 → er sucht einen Dummen, der ihm £ 200 leiht
sucker [ˈsʌkəʳ] n (fam) (person) → babbeo/a, citrullo/a, gonzo/a (Zool, Tech) → ventosa (Bot) → pollone m (Am) (lollipop) → lecca lecca m inv
he's a sucker for flattery (fam) → non sa resistere ai complimenti
sucker [ˈsʌkəʳ] n (fam) (person) → babbeo/a, citrullo/a, gonzo/a (Zool, Tech) → ventosa (Bot) → pollone m (Am) (lollipop) → lecca lecca m inv
he's a sucker for flattery (fam) → non sa resistere ai complimenti
he's a sucker for flattery (fam) → non sa resistere ai complimenti
sucker [ˈsʌkəʳ] n (fam) (person) → babbeo/a, citrullo/a, gonzo/a (Zool, Tech) → ventosa (Bot) → pollone m (Am) (lollipop) → lecca lecca m inv
he's a sucker for flattery (fam) → non sa resistere ai complimenti
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