sucker

A2
Pronunciation
/ˈsʌk.ə/
/ˈsʌk.ɚ/
Noun
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.

2 Definition

An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.

3 Definition

(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.

4 Definition

An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.

5 Definition

A thing that works by sucking something.

6 Definition

The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

7 Definition

A pipe through which anything is drawn.

8 Definition

A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.

9 Definition

A suction cup.

10 Definition

An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.

11 Definition

Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments.

12 Definition

A lollipop; a piece of candy which is sucked.

13 Definition

A hard drinker.

Synonyms
soaker suck-pint
14 Definition

An inhabitant of Illinois.

Synonyms
Illinoisian
15 Definition

A migrant lead miner working in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa, working in summer and leaving for winter, so named because of the similarity to the migratory patterns of the North American Catostomidae.

16 Definition

A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive person.

Synonyms
chump fall guy fish fool gull mark mug patsy rube schlemiel soft touch
Example Sentences
  • One poor sucker had actually given her his life’s savings.
17 Definition

A person irresistibly attracted by something specified.

Example Sentences
  • A sucker for ghost stories.
18 Definition

(British slang) The penis.

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.

Example Sentences
  • to sucker maize
2 Definition

To produce suckers, to throw up additional stems or shoots.

3 Definition

To move or attach itself by means of suckers.

4 Definition

To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.

Example Sentences
  • The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.