suck

suck
I UK [sʌk] / US verb
Word forms "suck":
present tense I/you/we/they suck he/she/it sucks present participle sucking past tense sucked past participle sucked
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1) [intransitive/transitive] to pull liquid into your mouth by using the muscles in your cheeks and tongue

After the accident, I could only suck liquids through a straw.

suck at:

a baby sucking at the breast

a) to put something in your mouth and move your tongue against it
suck on:

She sucked on a sweet and stared at us.

suck your thumb:

I sucked my thumb until I was five.

b) to pull air or smoke into your lungs
suck in:

He sucked in a lungful of air, then jumped into the pool.

suck on:

Christine sucked on her cigarette.

2)
a) [transitive] to pull air or liquid somewhere

The fan sucks air in through one vent and pushes it out through the other.

b) if the pressure of air or liquid sucks someone or something somewhere, it pulls them there

The current nearly sucked us under the water.

3) to take something from something else, especially something that makes it weaker or less successful

This gigantic military effort was sucking all the strength out of the economy.

4) [intransitive] mainly American very informal to be very bad, very annoying etc

If your job really sucks, leave it.

"My mum says I have to clean the garage." "That sucks."

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Phrasal verbs:
II UK [sʌk] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "suck":
singular suck plural sucks
an act of sucking

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  • Suck — Suck, v. i. 1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. [1913 Webster] Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • suck|er — «SUHK uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. an animal or thing that sucks. 2. a young mammal before it is weaned, especially a suckling pig. 3. any one of various freshwater fishes that suck in food or have toothless, fleshy mouths that suggest sucking. 4. an …   Useful english dictionary

  • Suck. — Suck., bei naturwissenschaftl. Namen Abkürzung für Georg Adolf Suckow, geb. 28. Jan. 1751 in Jena, gest. 13. Mai 1813 als Professor der Physik und Kameralwissenschaften in Heidelberg. Zoologisches und Botanisches, lieferte auch viele chemische… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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