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   suck

   /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 sipsupsiphonslurpdrawdrinkgulplapguzzlequaffswillswallowimbibedrawpullbreathegaspsniffgulpinhaleinspirerespire
   • ▪ hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles: "she sucked a mint"
   • ▪ draw fluid from (something) into the mouth by suction: "she sucked each segment of the orange carefully"
   • ▪ draw in a specified direction by creating a vacuum: "he was sucked under the surface of the river" Similar drawpullengulfswallow upswamp
   • ▪ (of a pump) make a gurgling sound as a result of drawing air instead of water.
   • 2. be very bad or unpleasant: informal North American "I love your country but your weather sucks" Similar be very badbe awfulbe terriblebe dreadfulbe horriblebe very unpleasantbe abhorrentbe despicablebe contemptiblebe vilebe foulinformal:be pantsbe a load of pantsstink

   noun

   • 1. an act of sucking something: "the fish draws the bait into its mouth with a strong suck"
   • ▪ the sound made by water retreating and drawing at something: "the soft suck of the sea against the sand"

   exclamation

   • 1. used to express derision and defiance: informal British "sucks to them!"

   Word Origin Old Englishsūcan (verb), from an Indo-European imitative root; related to soak.

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