suck Definition

suck
verb sucked, sucking

tr & intr
1. To draw (liquid) into the mouth.
2. To draw liquid from (eg a juicy fruit) with the mouth.
3. To draw in by suction or an action similar to suction.

Example: the roots sucked up the water
Thesaurus: extract, drain, absorb, swallow up, imbibe.
Form: suck something in (also)
Form: suck something up
4. To rub (eg one's thumb, a pencil, etc) with the tongue and inside of the mouth, using an action similar to sucking in liquids.
5. To draw the flavour from (eg a sweet) with squeezing and rolling movements inside the mouth.
6. To take milk (from a breast or udder) with the mouth.
(N Amer)
intr
7. slang
To be contemptible or contemptibly bad
Example: That film really sucks!

noun

1. An act or bout of sucking.

Idiom: suck someone into something

To drag them into it.
Example: sucked her into his seedy world of prostitution

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sucan.

Phrasal Verb: suck something in

To pull in by a sucking action.
Example: sucked in her cheeks

Phrasal Verb: suck off or suck someone off

To perform cunnilingus or fellatio.

Phrasal Verb: suck up

To pull in by suction.

Phrasal Verb: suck up to someone

To flatter them or be obsequious to them in order to gain favour.