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sucker
[ suhk-er ]
noun
- a person or thing that sucks.
- Informal. a person easily cheated, deceived, or imposed upon.
- an infant or a young animal that is suckled, especially a suckling pig.
- any of several freshwater, mostly North American food fishes of the family Catostomidae, having thick lips: some are now rare.
- Informal. a lollipop.
- the piston of a pump that works by suction, or the valve of such a piston.
- a pipe or tube through which something is drawn or sucked.
- Botany. a shoot rising from a subterranean stem or root.
- Informal. a person attracted to something as indicated:
He's a sucker for new clothes.
- Slang. any person or thing:
He's one of those smart, handsome suckers everybody likes. They're good boots, but the suckers pinch my feet.
verb (used with object)
- Slang. to make a sucker of; fool; hoodwink:
another person suckered by a con artist.
verb (used without object)
- to send out suckers or shoots, as a plant.
sucker
/ ˈsʌkə /
noun
- a person or thing that sucks
- slang.a person who is easily deceived or swindled
- slang.a person who cannot resist the attractions of a particular type of person or thing
he's a sucker for blondes
- a young animal that is not yet weaned, esp a suckling pig
- zoology an organ that is specialized for sucking or adhering
- a cup-shaped device, generally made of rubber, that may be attached to articles allowing them to adhere to a surface by suction
- botany
- a strong shoot that arises in a mature plant from a root, rhizome, or the base of the main stem
- a short branch of a parasitic plant that absorbs nutrients from the host
- a pipe or tube through which a fluid is drawn by suction
- any small mainly North American cyprinoid fish of the family Catostomidae, having toothless jaws and a large sucking mouth
- any of certain fishes that have sucking discs, esp the clingfish or sea snail
- a piston in a suction pump or the valve in such a piston
verb
- tr to strip off the suckers from (a plant)
- intr (of a plant) to produce suckers
sucker
/ sŭk′ər /
- A part by which an animal sucks blood from or uses suction to cling to another animal. Leeches and remoras have suckers.
- A shoot growing from the base or root of a tree or shrub and giving rise to a new plant, a clone of the plant from which it comes. The growth of suckers is a form of asexual reproduction.
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