To suck is to draw something by force. Vacuum cleaners suck dirt from the floor and milkshake drinkers suck this liquid, tasty liquid through a straw.
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.
Noun
the act of sucking
Verb
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"
Verb
give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Verb
take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words"
Verb
draw something in by or as if by a vacuum; "Mud was sucking at her feet"
Verb
attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.; "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To draw or drain.
v. t.
To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
v. i.
To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with
the mouth, or through a tube.
v. i.
To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the
young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
v. i.
To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
n.
The act of drawing with the mouth.
n.
That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically,
mikl drawn from the breast.
n.
A small draught.
n.
Juice; succulence.
Suck
Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.5.
As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
Suck
Where the bee sucks, there suck I.2.
The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was like to draw less.
Suck
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.
To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
The act of drawing with the mouth.
Usage Examples
And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.
A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture.
My dad liked to boil a squirrel head and suck the brains out the nose. Smaller than a chicken, bigger than a rat.
There are some people who walk into a room and they oxygenate it, by their very being there's fresh air. Then there are those who come in with the smell of death and they suck the life out.
Maybe you don't like your job, maybe you didn't get enough sleep, well nobody likes their job, nobody got enough sleep. Maybe you just had the worst day of your life, but you know, there's no escape, there's no excuse, so just suck up and be nice.
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Other Usage ExamplesBut marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall.
But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.
I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.
I have enormous respect for Steve Johnson, and as I've told him, Feed was one of the inspirations for Salon. They were up there before we were. And also for Joey and the Suck people.
We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.