Definition of sucker

noun (n)

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of (noun.person)

  Synonym: chump, fall guy, fool, gull, mark, mug, patsy, soft touch
  

  source: wordnet30
• a shoot arising from a plant's roots (noun.plant)

  source: wordnet30
• a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) (noun.person)

  source: wordnet30
• flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws (noun.food)

  source: wordnet30
• hard candy on a stick (noun.food)

  Synonym: all-day sucker, lollipop
  

  source: wordnet30
• an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction (noun.animal)

  source: wordnet30
• mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps (noun.animal)

  source: wordnet30
• One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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