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suck·er
(sŭk′ər)n.
1. One that sucks, especially an unweaned domestic animal.
2. Informal
a. One who is easily deceived; a dupe.
b. One that is indiscriminately attracted to something specified: I'm always a sucker for a good crime drama.
3. Slang
a. An unspecified thing. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: "our goal of getting that sucker on the air before old age took the both of us" (Linda Ellerbee).
b. A person. Used as a generalized term of reference, often as an intensive: He's a mean sucker.
4. A lollipop.
5.
a. A piston or piston valve, as in a suction pump or syringe.
b. A tube or pipe, such as a siphon, through which something is sucked.
6. Any of numerous freshwater fishes of the family Catostomidae of North America and East Asia, having a thick-lipped mouth used for feeding by suction.
7. Zoology An organ or other structure adapted for sucking nourishment or for clinging to objects by suction.
8. Botany A secondary shoot produced from the base or roots of a woody plant that gives rise to a new plant.
v. suck·ered, suck·er·ing, suck·ers
v.tr.
1. To strip suckers or shoots from (plants).
2. Informal To trick; dupe: sucker a tourist into a confidence game.
v.intr. Botany
To send out suckers or shoots.
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sucker
(ˈsʌkə)n
1. a person or thing that sucks
2. slang a person who is easily deceived or swindled
3. slang a person who cannot resist the attractions of a particular type of person or thing: he's a sucker for blondes.
4. (Zoology) a young animal that is not yet weaned, esp a suckling pig
5. (Zoology) zoology an organ that is specialized for sucking or adhering
6. (Tools) a cup-shaped device, generally made of rubber, that may be attached to articles allowing them to adhere to a surface by suction
7. (Botany) botany
a. a strong shoot that arises in a mature plant from a root, rhizome, or the base of the main stem
b. a short branch of a parasitic plant that absorbs nutrients from the host
8. (Mechanical Engineering) a pipe or tube through which a fluid is drawn by suction
9. (Animals) any small mainly North American cyprinoid fish of the family Catostomidae, having toothless jaws and a large sucking mouth
10. (Animals) any of certain fishes that have sucking discs, esp the clingfish or sea snail
11. (Mechanical Engineering) a piston in a suction pump or the valve in such a piston
vb
12. (Horticulture) (tr) to strip off the suckers from (a plant)
13. (Botany) (intr) (of a plant) to produce suckers
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suck•er
(ˈsʌk ər)n.
1. a person or thing that sucks.
2. Informal. a person easily cheated, deceived, or imposed upon.
3. a suckling pig.
4. a part or organ that is adapted for sucking, or for clinging by suction.
5. any freshwater food fish of the family Catostomidae, mainly of North America, having thick lips.
6. a lollipop.
7.
a. the piston or valve of a suction pump.
b. a pipe or tube through which something is drawn or sucked.
8. a shoot rising from an underground stem or root.
9.
v.t. a. Informal. a person attracted to something as indicated: He's a sucker for new clothes.
b. any person or thing.
10. Informal. to make a sucker of; fool.
v.i. 11. to send out suckers or shoots, as a plant.
[1350–1400]
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suck·er
(sŭk′ər)1. Zoology A part by which an animal sucks blood from or uses suction to cling to another animal. Leeches and remoras have suckers.
2. Botany A shoot growing from the base or root of a tree or shrub and giving rise to a new plant.
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sucker
Past participle: suckered
Gerund: suckering
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sucker
Any shoot that is produced from underground buds on the roots or stem. On grafted plants, any shoot produced from below the graft.
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| Noun | 1. |  sucker - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
| 2. | sucker - a shoot arising from a plant's roots shoot - a new branch | |
| 3. | sucker - a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) drinker - a person who drinks liquids | |
| 4. | sucker - flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws sucker - mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps freshwater fish - flesh of fish from fresh water used as food | |
| 5. |  sucker - hard candy on a stick | |
| 6. | sucker - an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction cupule - a sucker on the feet of certain flies organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function | |
| 7. | sucker - mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps Catostomidae, family Catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae catostomid - a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae buffalo fish, buffalofish - any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley redhorse, redhorse sucker - North American sucker with reddish fins sucker - flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws |
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sucker
noun (Slang) fool, mug (Brit. slang), dupe, victim, butt, sap (slang), pushover (slang), sitting duck (informal), sitting target, putz (U.S. slang), cat's paw, easy game or mark (informal), nerd or nurd (slang) Keep giving us your money, sucker!
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
sucker
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Translations
غَبي، أحْمَقماصٌّ، مُمْتَصمَصّاصَهمَطّاطَه ، كبّاس المِضَخَّه الماصَّه
důvěřivecnaivkaodnožpřísavkasající
fjolssugekopsugeorgansugerudløber
fattyúhajtásszívószívókorongtapadókorong
blóîsuga; afætadrullusokkurrótarsproti, renglasogskál
odnožprísavkasací živočíchzelenáč
sucker
[ˈsʌkəʳ]A. N
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sucker
[ˈsʌkər] n (BOTANY) [plant] → ventouse f
(ZOOLOGY) [animal] → ventouse f
(TECHNICAL) → ventouse f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sucker
n
(inf: = fool) → Trottel m (inf); to be a sucker for something → (immer) auf etw (acc) → hereinfallen; (= be partial to) → eine Schwäche für etw haben; to be had for a sucker → zum Narren gehalten werden, für dumm verkauft werden; he’s looking for some sucker who’ll lend him £200 → er sucht einen Dummen, der ihm £ 200 leiht
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sucker
[ˈsʌkəʳ] n (fam) (person) → babbeo/a, citrullo/a, gonzo/a (Zool, Tech) → ventosa (Bot) → pollone m (Am) (lollipop) → lecca lecca m invhe's a sucker for flattery (fam) → non sa resistere ai complimenti
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
suck
(sak) verb1. to draw liquid etc into the mouth. As soon as they are born, young animals learn to suck (milk from their mothers); She sucked up the lemonade through a straw.
2. to hold something between the lips or inside the mouth, as though drawing liquid from it. I told him to take the sweet out of his mouth, but he just went on sucking; He sucked the end of his pencil.
3. to pull or draw in a particular direction with a sucking or similar action. The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the dirt from the carpet; A plant sucks up moisture from the soil.
4. (American) (slang) to be awful, boring, disgusting etc. Her singing sucks; This job sucks.
noun an act of sucking. I gave him a suck of my lollipop.
ˈsucker noun1. (slang) a person who is easily fooled or is stupid enough to do something. Who is the sucker who bought your car?
2. a person or thing that sucks. Are these insects bloodsuckers?
3. an organ on an animal, eg an octopus, by which it sticks to objects.
4. a curved pad or disc (of rubber etc) that can be pressed on to a surface and stick there.
5. a side shoot coming from the root of a plant.
suck up to (slang) to do or say things to please one's boss etc for one's own benefit. They despise him because he's always sucking up to the boss.
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