suck
/sʌk/ noun B1- An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
- Milk drawn from the breast.
- An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
- The ability to suck; suction.
- A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
- A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
- A sycophant, especially a child.
- A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
Plural sucks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- suck down To drink (or, more rarely, eat) all of something quickly.
- suck in To draw inward using suction. Used other than figurativel...
- suck into To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved ...
- suck off To perform oral sex on.
- suck out Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, ...
- suck up To absorb (fluid).
From the library
And I know another case where an adopted boy used to suck the eggs--they couldn’t break him of it.
It is because, at your theatres, by what at least I could judge by reading the pieces they play, they see persons swallow the contents of a phial, or suck the button of a ring, and fall dead instantly.
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