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- Dictionarysuck/sʌk/
verb
- 1. draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lips and mouth to make a partial vacuum: "they suck mint juleps through straws" Similar
- 2. be very bad or unpleasant: informal North American "I love your country but your weather sucks" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of sucking something: "the fish draws the bait into its mouth with a strong suck"
exclamation
- 1. used to express derision and defiance: informal British "sucks to them!"
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The meaning of SUCK is to draw (something, such as liquid) into the mouth through a suction force produced by movements of the lips and tongue. How to use suck in a sentence.
to pull in liquid or air through your mouth without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around something inside your mouth, often in order to dissolve it: She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw. I sucked my thumb until I was seven. I tried sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing.
Suck definition: to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue. See examples of SUCK used in a sentence.
to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips, cheeks, and tongue. b. to draw up (water, oil, etc.) by the action of a pump. 2. to take up or in by or as by sucking; absorb, inhale, etc. to suck air into the lungs. 3. to suck liquid from (a breast, fruit, etc.) 4.
1. To move the tongue and lips to create suction: sucked on a straw. 2. To draw something in by suction: The pump started to suck. 3. To draw nourishment from a breast or teat; suckle. 4. To make a sound caused by suction. 5. Slang. a. To be highly unpleasant or disagreeable: This job sucks. b.
to get from somebody/something all the money, help, information, etc. they have, usually giving nothing in return. By earning millions from racing and giving pennies back, the bookmakers are sucking the sport dry.
To suck is to draw something by force. Vacuum cleaners suck dirt from the floor and milkshake drinkers suck this liquid, tasty liquid through a straw. Drinking something by pulling it into your mouth is to suck it.
Definitions of 'suck'. 1. If you suck something, you hold it in your mouth and pull at it with the muscles in your cheeks and tongue, for example in order to get liquid out of it. [...] 2. If something sucks a liquid, gas, or object in a particular direction, it draws it there with a powerful force. [...]
SUCK definition: 1. to have something in your mouth and use your tongue, lips, etc to pull on it or to get liquid…. Learn more.
Definition of suck verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
