suck
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
(Canada) A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
(slang, dated) A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
(slang, uncountable, sometimes considered vulgar) Badness or mediocrity.
(transitive) To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
(intransitive) To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
(transitive) To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a parent etc.) to draw in milk.
(transitive) To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
(transitive, archaic) To inhale (air), to draw (breath).
(transitive) To work the lips and tongue on (an object) to extract moisture or nourishment; to absorb (something) in the mouth.
(transitive) To pull (something) in a given direction, especially without direct contact.
(transitive, slang, vulgar) To perform fellatio.
(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.
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: