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suck

UK/sʊk/ US/sʌk/ common slang us
verb (5) noun (1)

verb

1.

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”
2.

draw something in by or as if by a vacuum

  • “Mud was sucking at her feet”
3.

attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.

  • “The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad”
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4.

take in, also metaphorically

  • “The sponge absorbs water well”
  • “She drew strength from the minister”
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5.

give suck to

  • “The wetnurse suckled the infant”
  • “You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places”
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noun

1.

the act of sucking

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Origin

From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”).

Phrases

  • chain suck
  • cloud suck
  • don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
  • embrace the suck
  • fair suck of the pineapple
  • fair suck of the sauce bottle
  • fair suck of the sauce stick
  • fair suck of the sav
  • give suck
  • goal suck
  • mean people suck
  • suck a bag of dicks

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