suck

ENEnglish
//sʌk//(Southern England, US)

Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections

Key Verb Forms & Inflections
Third-person singular (he/she/it):sucks
Present Participle (-ing):sucking
Past Participle:sucked
Simple Past:sucked

Definitions & Usage

noun
#1

An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.

Translations:[DE]Saugen
noun
#2

(uncountable) Milk drawn from the breast.

noun
#3

An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.

noun
#4

(uncountable) The ability to suck; suction.

noun
#5

A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.

noun
#6

(Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.

Translations:[DE]Memme
noun
#7

A sycophant, especially a child.

noun
#8

(slang, dated) A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.

Translations:[DE]kleiner Schluck
noun
#9

(vulgar) An act of fellatio.

noun
#10

(slang, uncountable, sometimes considered vulgar) Badness or mediocrity.

Translations:
verb
#11

(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).

Example: The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.
verb
#12

(intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.

Translations:[DE]säugen
verb
#13

(transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a parent etc.) to draw in milk.

verb
#14

(transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.

verb
#15

(transitive, archaic) To inhale (air), to draw (breath).

verb
#16

(transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.

Translations:[DE]lutschen
verb
#17

(transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.

Translations:[DE]ziehen
verb
#18

(transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio.

Example: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure the way he arched his back and spread his legs when he wanted me to suck him.
Translations:[DE]blasen (vulg.)
verb
#19

(chiefly Canada, US, intransitive, stative, colloquial, sometimes vulgar) To be inferior or objectionable: a general term of disparagement, sometimes used with at to indicate a particular area of deficiency.

Example: […] the animation on the main character is beautiful, and the fox, although a little on the weeny side, moves superbly. The rest of the graphics suck — they might have looked worthy in 1984, but now they're quite the opposite.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

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:

The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.

2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green, page 202:

On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction.

2005, Nick Gibbs, Ultimate Woodworking Course, page 136:

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