Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 72880 7000242 2009-07-18T13:07:16Z Hekaheka 25987 /* Noun */fi transl ==English== ===Pronunciation=== * \Suck"er\ (s[u^]k"[~e]r) * {{rhymes|ʌkə(r)}} ===Etymology 1=== From the verb {{term|suck}}. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A person or thing that [[suck]]s. # An [[organ]] or body part that does the sucking. # Animals such as the [[octopus]] and [[remora]], which [[adhere]] to other bodies with such organs # A piece of [[candy]] which is sucked; a [[lollypop]]. # {{context|horticulture}} An undesired [[stem]] growing out of the [[roots]] or lower [[trunk]] of a [[shrub]] or tree, especially from the [[rootstock]] of a [[graft]]ed plant or tree. =====Synonyms===== * {{sense|piece of candy}} [[lollipop]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|sthg that sucks}} * Finnish: {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|organ}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|lonkero}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|animal}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|lollipop}} ===Etymology 2=== Possibly from the {{w|Pig in a poke}} scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a [[suckling]]) pig. ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # One who is easily [[fooled]], or [[gulled]]. =====Synonyms===== * {{sense|one who is easily fooled}} [[chump]], [[fall-guy]], [[fish]], [[fool]], [[gull]], [[mark]], [[mug]], [[patsy]], [[rube]], [[schlemiel]], [[soft touch]] * See also [[Wikisaurus:dupe]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top}} * Greek: {{t+|el|κορόιδο|n|tr=koróido}} {{trans-mid}} * Hebrew: {{t|he|פראייר|frayer|m|tr=frayer}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|hölmö}} {{trans-bottom}} ====Verb==== {{en-verb}} # To [[fool]] someone; to [[take advantage]] of someone. #: The salesman '''suckered''' him into signing an expensive maintenance contract. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|to fool}} * Finnish: {{t|fi|huijata}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===See also=== * {{pedialite}} [[Category:English agent nouns]] [[fa:sucker]] [[io:sucker]] [[it:sucker]] [[pl:sucker]] [[pt:sucker]] [[fi:sucker]] [[ta:sucker]] [[te:sucker]] [[vi:sucker]]