sucker

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From the verb suck.

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sucker (plural suckers)

  1. A person or thing that sucks.
  2. An organ or body part that does the sucking.
  3. Animals such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs
  4. A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollypop.
  5. (horticulture) 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.
  6. (UK, colloquial) A suction cup
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[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly from the Pig in a poke scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig. Also possibly from suckener.

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sucker (plural suckers)

  1. One who is easily fooled, or gulled.
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sucker (third-person singular simple present suckers, present participle suckering, simple past and past participle suckered)

  1. To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
    The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
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[edit] Etymology 3

Possibly from German Sache (thing).

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sucker (plural suckers)

  1. (slang) A thing or object. Any thing or object being called attention to with emphasis, as in "this sucker".
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