sucker

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

• \Suck"er\ (s[u^]k"[~e]r)
• Rhymes: -ʌkə(r)

[edit] Etymology 1

From the verb suck.

[edit] Noun

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.

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• (piece of candy): lollipop

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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.
• Possibly from suckener.

[edit] Noun

sucker (plural suckers)

1. One who is easily fooled, or gulled.

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• (one who is easily fooled): chump, fall-guy, fish, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, rube, schlemiel, soft touch
• See also Wikisaurus:dupe

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[edit] Verb

to 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] See also

• Sucker on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: cekrsu
• Uckers