English Explanatory Dictionary

suck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
  2. Milk drawn from the breast.
  3. An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
  4. The ability to suck; suction.
  5. A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
  6. A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
  7. A sycophant, especially a child.
  8. A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
  9. An act of fellatio.
  10. Badness or mediocrity.
verb
  1. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
  2. To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
  3. To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a parent etc.) to draw in milk.
  4. To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
  5. To inhale (air), to draw (breath).
  6. To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.
  7. To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
  8. To perform fellatio.
  9. To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.

Pronunciation

sŭk /sʌk/ en-us-suck.ogg so͝ok /sʊk/

Word forms

suck sucks sucking sucked

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *sūkaną Proto-West Germanic *sūkan Old English sūcan Middle English souken English suck 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.

Synonyms

sook sooky baby give brain give dome give hat give head give neck give noddy go down on

Related words

sugescent

Derived words

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