Definition of suck

noun (n)

• the act of sucking (noun.act)

  Synonym: sucking, suction
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of drawing with the mouth. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth (verb.consumption)

  Example:
  Suck the poison from the place where the snake bit.
  Suck on a straw.
  The baby sucked on the mother's breast.
  

  source: wordnet30
• draw something in by or as if by a vacuum (verb.motion)

  Example:
  Mud was sucking at her feet.
  

  source: wordnet30
• attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. (verb.weather)

  Synonym: suck in
  

  Example:
  The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be inadequate or objectionable (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This sucks!.
  

  source: wordnet30
• provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation (verb.perception)

  Synonym: blow, fellate, go down on
  

  source: wordnet30
• take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)

  Synonym: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up
  

  source: wordnet30
• give suck to (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse
  Antonym: bottlefeed
  

  Example:
  The wetnurse suckled the infant.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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