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Suck

//sʌk// noun, verb, slang

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Noun

1
An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling. countable, uncountable
"Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”"
2
the act of sucking wordnet
3
Milk drawn from the breast. uncountable
"The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly."
4
An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction. countable, uncountable
"On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction."
5
The ability to suck; suction. uncountable
"Vacuum for the park Mosuc is a street and park vacuum cleaner which its designers, Hollowell Engineering, Dearborn, Michigan, like to claim has more suck than most[.]"

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6
A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult. countable, uncountable
"Marvelous stories were told of "the suck" in early times. It was said that the water was so compressed that it would bear an ax."
7
A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser. Canada, countable, uncountable
"“Why're you bothering to take her anywhere? I can't stand traveling with her. You're such a suck,” her sister said. Waved her smoke. “No fucking way I'm going.”"
8
A sycophant, especially a child. countable, uncountable
"You are McGlade's suck."
9
A short drink, especially a dram of spirits. countable, dated, slang, uncountable
10
An act of fellatio. countable, uncountable, vulgar
"Nate exhaled a long, slow breath. What the hell was he thinking? He couldn't cruise the steam room looking for married men looking for a quick suck. He needed to shoot his load, but was he really that desperate?"
11
Badness or mediocrity. slang, uncountable
"You don't have to call me on for everything, ok? I'm aware of my suck."

Verb

1
To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). transitive
"The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle."
2
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth wordnet
3
To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. intransitive
4
give suck to wordnet
5
To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. transitive

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6
take in, also metaphorically wordnet
7
To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something. transitive
"That she may sucke their life, and drinke their blood, / With which she from her childhood had bene fed."
8
draw something in by or as if by a vacuum wordnet
9
To inhale (air), to draw (breath). archaic, transitive
"And ſince we all haue ſuckt on[e] wholſome aire, / And with the ſame proportion of Elements, / Reſolue, I hope we are reſembled, / Uowing our loues to equall death and life, […]"
10
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation wordnet
11
To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth. transitive
12
be inadequate or objectionable wordnet
13
To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact. transitive
"Cigarette smoke was sucked out through the cracks in the glass of the glazed panes overhead the side street and the parking lot."
14
attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. wordnet
15
To perform fellatio. slang, transitive, vulgar
"1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure the way he arched his back and spread his legs when he wanted me to suck him."
16
To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. Canada, US, colloquial, intransitive, sometimes, stative, vulgar
"Schumacher recalls Bucher had also written “Communism sucks” on the underside of his table"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”), Limburgish zuken, zoeken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), German saugen (“to suck”), Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sūgō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.

Etymology 2

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