Suck \Suck\ (s[u^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked (s[u^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s[=u]can,
s[=u]gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s[=u]gan, Icel.
s[=u]ga, sj[=u]ga, 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.
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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.
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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.
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4. To draw or drain.
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Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
--Thomson.
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5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
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As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
--Dryden.
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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
or absorption.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suck \Suck\, v. i.
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with
the mouth, or through a tube.
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Where the bee sucks, there suck I. --Shak.
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2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the
young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
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3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
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The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full,
was like to draw less. --Bacon.
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4. To be objectionable, of very poor quality, or offensive;
as, telemarketing calls really suck; he's a good actor,
but his singing sucks. [Colloq.]
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Suck \Suck\, n.
1. The act of drawing with the mouth.
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2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking;
specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. --Shak.
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3. A small draught. [Colloq.] --Massinger.
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4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
suck
n : the act of sucking [syn: sucking, suction]
v 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's breast"
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" [syn: suck in]
4: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water
well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn:
absorb, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw,
take in, take up]
5: give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot
nurse your baby in public in some places" [syn: breastfeed,
bottle-feed, suckle, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate,
give suck] [ant: bottlefeed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "suck":
apple-polisher, aspirate, aspiration, ass-licker, backscratcher,
backslapper, beverage, bib, bleed, bootlick, bootlicker, booze,
breathe in, broach, brown-nose, brownie, bumper, clawback,
courtier, creature, cringer, decant, draft, draft off, drain,
drain the cup, dram, draw, draw from, draw in, draw off, drench,
drink, drink in, drink off, drink to, drink up, drop, dupe, empty,
exhaust, fawner, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, gargle, groveler,
gulp, guzzle, handshaker, helot, imbibe, inhalation, inhale,
inhalement, inspiration, inspire, instrument, jackal, jigger, jolt,
kowtower, lackey, lap, led captain, let, let blood, let out,
libation, lickspit, lickspittle, mealymouth, milk, minion, nip,
peg, peon, phlebotomize, pipette, pledge, portion, potation,
potion, pull, pump, pump out, puppet, quaff, reptile, round,
round of drinks, serf, shot, sip, siphon off, slave, slurp, sniff,
sniffle, snifter, snort, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, spaniel, spot,
stooge, suck in, suck out, sucking, suckle, suction, sup, swig,
swill, sycophant, tap, timeserver, tipple, toad, toadeater, toady,
toast, tool, toss down, toss off, tot, truckler, tufthunter,
venesect, wash down, wet, yes-man
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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