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suck

[suhk]
–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.
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.
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


suckless, adjective
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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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