Suck

  • 21suck in — verb 1. take up as if with a sponge (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑take in, ↑sop up, ↑take up • Hypernyms: ↑consume, ↑ingest, ↑take in, ↑take, ↑ …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 22suck — suckless, adj. /suk/, v.t. 1. to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw. 2. to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction: Plants suck moisture from the… …

    Universalium

  • 23suck — 1 verb (I, T) 1 drink to take liquid into your mouth by tightening your lips into a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull the liquid in: suck at sth: a baby sucking at its mother s breast | suck sth up: Jennie sucked up the last… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24suck — I. verb Etymology: Middle English suken, from Old English sūcan; akin to Old High German sūgan to suck, Latin sugere Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to draw (as liquid) into the mouth through a suction force produced by movements… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25Suck — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sommaire 1 Géographie 2 Cinéma 3 Mu …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 26suck — [[t]sʌk[/t]] v. t. 1) to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw[/ex] 2) to draw (water, moisture, air, etc.) by or as if by suction 3) to apply the lips or mouth to and …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27suck — verb 1》 draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lip and mouth to make a partial vacuum.     ↘hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles.     ↘draw in a specified direction by creating a… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 28suck — 1. AND suction n. liquor; wine; beer; strong drink. □ How about a little glass of suck before we leave? □ This is powerful suction! 2. AND suck something up tv. o drink beer or liquor. □ Yeah, I’ll suck one up with ya …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 29suck — v. 1) (d. tr.) to suck from (to suck the juice from an orange) 2) (N; used with an adjective) (she sucked the lemon dry) * * * [sʌk] (d; tr.) to suck from (to suck the juice from an orange) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 30suck — [OE] Suck is part of a widespread Indo European family of ‘suck’ words which go back to the base *seug , *seuk . This no doubt originated in imitation of the sound of sucking from the mother’s breast. Amongst its relatives are Latin sūgere (whose …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins