SUCK

sucking, suck, suction

(noun) the act of sucking

suck

(verb) 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”

breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

(verb) give suck to; “The wetnurse suckled the infant”; “You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”

absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up

(verb) take in, also metaphorically; “The sponge absorbs water well”; “She drew strength from the minister’s words”

suck

(verb) draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; “Mud was sucking at her feet”

fellate, suck, blow, go down on

(verb) provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

suck, blow

(verb) be inadequate or objectionable; “this sucks!”; “this blows!”

suck, suck in

(verb) attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; “The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

---

Etymology

Noun

suck (countable and uncountable, plural sucks)

An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.

(uncountable) Milk drawn from the breast.

(Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.

A sycophant, especially a child.

(slang, dated) A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.

(vulgar) An act of fellatio.

Synonyms

• (crybaby): sook

• (crybaby): sooky baby

Verb

suck (third-person singular simple present sucks, present participle sucking, simple past and past participle sucked)

(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.]

(intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. [from 11th c.]

(transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. [from 11th c.]

(transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something. [from 14th c.]

(transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth. [from 14th c.]

(transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact. [from 17th c.]

(transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio. [from 20th c.]

(chiefly, North American, intransitive, slang) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• To draw

• To attract

• (7, 8 above) To blow

• See also give head

Antonyms

• (to bring something into the mouth by inhaling): to blow

• (to be poor at): to rock, to rule

Anagrams

• cusk

Source: Wiktionary

---

Suck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] Etym: [OE. suken, souken, AS. s, s; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s, Icel. s, sj, Sw. suga, Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. Honeysuckle, Soak, Succulent, Suction.]

1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.

2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.

3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.

4. To draw or drain. Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe. Thomson.

5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up. As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn. Dryden. To suck in, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.

– To suck out, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.

– To suck up, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction absorption.

Suck, v. i.

1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak.

2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.

3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake. The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less. Bacon.

Suck, n.

1. The act of drawing with the mouth.

2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. Shak.

3. A small draught. [Colloq.] Massinger.

4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

---

Do you know this game?

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins