sucker
/ˈsʌk.ɚ/ verb C2- To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers. · to sucker maize
- To produce suckers; to throw up additional stems or shoots.
- To move or attach oneself by means of suckers.
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone. · The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
- To lure someone.
He/she/it suckers · Past suckered · Past participle suckered · -ing form suckering
Verb forms
- Base form
- sucker
- He/she/it
- suckers
- Past
- suckered
- Past participle
- suckered
- -ing form
- suckering
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I'll see this sucker and fill him up with a bogus confession.
Saw through my game, I suppose, and played me for a sucker from the first.
“Seems to me they are playing me for a sucker in this hotel,” he cried.
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