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suck

  [suhk]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction: Plants suck moisture from the earth. The pump sucked water from the basement.
3. to apply the lips or mouth to and draw upon by producing a partial vacuum, esp. for extracting fluid contents: to suck an orange.
4. to put into the mouth and draw upon: to suck one's thumb.
5. to take into the mouth and dissolve by the action of the tongue, saliva, etc.: to suck a piece of candy.
6. to render or bring to a specified condition by or as if by sucking.
–verb (used without object)
7. to draw something in by producing a partial vacuum in the mouth, esp. to draw milk from the breast.
8. to draw or be drawn by or as if by suction.
9. (of a pump) to draw air instead of water, as when the water is low or a valve is defective.
10. Slang. to behave in a fawning manner (usually fol. by around).
11. Slang. to be repellent or disgusting: Poverty sucks.
–noun
12. an act or instance of sucking.
13. a sucking force.
14. the sound produced by sucking.
15. that which is sucked; nourishment drawn from the breast.
16. a small drink; sip.
17. a whirlpool.
—Verb phrases
18. suck in, Slang. to deceive; cheat; defraud: The confidence man sucked us all in.
19. suck off, Slang: Vulgar. to fellate.
20. suck up, Slang. to be obsequious; toady: The workers are all sucking up to him because he's the one who decides who'll get the bonuses.
—Idiom
21. suck face, to engage in soul-kissing.
Origin:
bef. 900; (v.) ME souken, OE sūcan, c. L sūgere; (n.) ME souke act of suckling, deriv. of the n.; akin to soak

Related forms:
suckless, adjective
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suck   (sŭk)   
v.   sucked, suck·ing, sucks

v.   tr.
  1. To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction.
    1. To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt.
    2. To draw in by or as if by a current in a fluid.
    3. 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 Verb(s):
suck inTo take advantage of; cheat; swindle.
suck up Slang To behave obsequiously; fawn.

[Middle English suken, from Old English sūcan; see seuə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Suck

Suck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Sucking.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s?can, s?gan; akin to D. zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s?gan, Icel. s?ga, sj?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.

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 or absorption.

Suck

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

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.]
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Language Translation for : suck
Spanish: mamar, chupar, sorber,
German: saugen,
Japanese: 吸う
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suck 
O.E. sucan, from PIE root *sug-/*suk- of imitative origin (cf. O.S., O.H.G. sugan, O.N. suga, M.Du. sughen, Du. zuigen, Ger. saugen "to suck;" L. sugere "to suck," succus "juice, sap;" O.Ir. sugim, Welsh sugno "to suck"). Meaning "do fellatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Suck eggs is from 1906. Suck hind tit "be inferior" is Amer.Eng. slang first recorded 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: suck
Pronunciation: 's&k
Function: transitive verb
1 : to draw (as liquid) into the mouth through a suction force produced bymovements of the lips and tongue <sucked milk from her mother's breast>
2 : to draw out by suction suck intransitive senses
: to drawsomething in by or as if by exerting a suction force; especially : to draw milk from a breast or udder with the mouth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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