suck
English
Etymology
From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną, *sūganą (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German saugen (“to suck”), Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sugō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʊk
- Hyphenation: suck
Noun
suck (countable and uncountable, plural sucks)
- An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
- 2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261
- Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”
- 2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261
- (uncountable) Milk drawn from the breast.
- 2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green (page 202)
- The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.
- 2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green (page 202)
- (Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
- 1999, Hiromi Goto, “Drift”, in Ms., v 9, n 3, p 82–6:
- “Why're you bothering to take her anywhere? I can't stand traveling with her. You're such a suck,” her sister said. Waved her smoke. “No fucking way I'm going.”
- 2008, Beth Hitchcock, “Parenting Pair”, in Today's Parent, v 25, n 5, p 64:
- I used to think she was such a suck! She'd cry when I took to the ice, whether I skated well or badly. She'd cry when I left the house.
- 1999, Hiromi Goto, “Drift”, in Ms., v 9, n 3, p 82–6:
- A sycophant, especially a child.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press, p 23:
- You are McGlade's suck.
- 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press, p 23:
- (slang, dated) A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
- (vulgar) An act of fellatio.
- 2012, Alex Carreras, Cruising with Destiny, page 12
- Nate exhaled a long, slow breath. What the hell was he thinking? He couldn't cruise the steam room looking for married men looking for a quick suck. He needed to shoot his load, but was he really that desperate?
- 2012, Alex Carreras, Cruising with Destiny, page 12
Synonyms
- (crybaby): sook
- (crybaby): sooky baby
Derived terms
Translations
instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling
sycophant — see sycophant
Verb
suck (third-person singular simple present sucks, present participle sucking, simple past and past participle sucked)
- (transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). [from 9th c.]
- (intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat. [from 11th c.]
- (transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a mother etc.) to draw in milk. [from 11th c.]
- (transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something. [from 14th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- That she may sucke their life, and drinke their blood, / With which she from her childhood had bene fed.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- (transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio. [from 20th c.]
- (chiefly Canada, US, intransitive, slang) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency. [from 20th c.]
- 1970, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America, Simon and Schuster, p. 251:
- . . . and it has a few very high points . . . but as a novel, it sucks
- 1970, Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America, Simon and Schuster, p. 251:
Synonyms
- To draw
- To attract
- (7, 8 above) To blow
- See also Thesaurus:give head
Antonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from suck (verb)
- give suck
- insuck
- suck a big one
- suckable
- suck a lemon
- suck and blow
- suck arse
- suck ass
- suck balls
- suck cock
- suck donkey balls
- suck donkey cock
- suck donkey dick
- sucker
- suck face
- suck hind tit
- suck into
- suck it
- suck it up
- suckle
- suck lemons
- suckling
- suck my balls
- suck off
- suck on that
- suck out
- suck rocks
- suck the air out of
- suck tits
- suck up
- sucky
- sucky-sucky
Translations
to use the mouth to pull in (liquid etc)
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to put the mouth or lips to a breast... to draw in milk
to work the lips and tongue on
colloquial: term of general disparagement
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Pronunciation
Noun
suck c
- sigh; a deep and prolonged audible inspiration or respiration
Declension
Declension of suck | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | suck | sucken | suckar | suckarna |
Genitive | sucks | suckens | suckars | suckarnas |
Interjection
suck
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