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Suck

verb

(past & past part. sucked; pres. part. sucking)

1.

Draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth. "Suck on a straw" , "The baby sucked on the mother's breast"

2.

Draw something in by or as if by a vacuum.

3.

Attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.. Synonym: suck in.

4.

Be inadequate or objectionable.

5.

Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation. Synonyms: blow, fellate, go down on.

6.

Take in, also metaphorically. Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, take in, take up. "She drew strength from the minister's words"

7.

Give suck to. Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, lactate, nurse, suckle, wet-nurse. "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places" Antonym: bottlefeed.

noun

1.

The act of sucking. Synonyms: sucking, suction.

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... drink water and suck sugar-candy, Impute the strong spirit of Kenrick to brandy: They are not so much out; the matter in short is, He sips aqua-vitae and ...

— Calamities and Quarrels of Authors • Isaac D'Israeli

... up and ran to the farthest corner of the control deck, gasping for breath. Coxine rushed after him, but Astro eluded him and stumbled to the opposite end of the control room, still trying to suck the life-giving breath into his screaming lungs. Slowly ...

— On the Trail of the Space Pirates • Carey Rockwell

... cooked carrion even, if it had come in my way. I also got potatoes, the very skins of which I devoured with great gusto. It was very curious that at this time I preferred salt to sugar, or anything that was sweet, and I used to suck little lumps of salt for the first few days I had the opportunity of doing so with as much relish as children do their sugar plums. The bread at this prison was excellent, and the food generally ...

— Six Years in the Prisons of England • A Merchant - Anonymous

... which is to be sought in travel; that which is most of all profitable is acquaintance with the secretaries and employed men of ambassadors: for so in traveling in one country he shall suck the experience of many. Let him also see and visit eminent persons in all kinds, which are of great name abroad; that he may be able to tell how the life agreeth with the fame. For quarrels, they are with care and discretion to be avoided. They are commonly for mistresses, healths, place, and ...

— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I • Francis W. Halsey

... Hayles (11) was wond'rous rich, No flower in Kent yields honey In more abundance to the bee Then they from him suck money; Yet hee's as chearfull as the best - Judge Jenkins sees no reason That honest men for wealth should be Accused of high treason. The King ...

— Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 • Charles Mackay

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