Sucker

Word SUCKER
Character 6
Hyphenation suck er
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sucker"

What do we mean by sucker?

One that sucks, especially an unweaned domestic animal. noun

One who is easily deceived; a dupe. noun

One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified. noun

An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive. noun

A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive. noun

A lollipop. noun

A piston or piston valve, as in a suction pump or syringe. noun

A tube or pipe, such as a siphon, through which something is sucked. noun

Any of numerous freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae of North America and East Asia, having a thick-lipped mouth used for feeding by suction. noun

An organ or other structure adapted for sucking nourishment or for clinging to objects by suction. noun

A secondary shoot produced from the base or roots of a woody plant that gives rise to a new plant. noun

To strip suckers or shoots from (plants). intransitive verb

To trick; dupe. intransitive verb

To send out suckers or shoots. intransitive verb

One who or that which sucks; a suckling. noun

Specifically— A sucking pig: a commercial term. noun

Anew-born or very young whale. noun

A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.

An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.

(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.

An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.

A thing that works by sucking something.

The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

A pipe through which anything is drawn.

A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.

A suction cup.

An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.

Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments.

A lollipop; a piece of candy which is sucked.

A hard drinker.

An inhabitant of Illinois.

A migrant lead miner working in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa, working in summer and leaving for winter, so named because of the similarity to the migratory patterns of the North American Catostomidae.

A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive person.

A person irresistibly attracted by something specified.

(British slang) The penis.

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The word "sucker" in example sentences

If any of those poor romantic fools would have driven hours north to the Hopi reservation and doubled back, the word sucker fizzing like acid in their bellies as they sneaked glances across the car at the woman they loved, knowing she was going home to another man. ❋ JODI PICOULT (2005)

This sucker is about the strongest thing we can build out of wood, and most cost effective structure known to man. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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