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1sucker
noun suck·er \ˈsə-kər\
: a person who is easily tricked or deceived
: a person who is very strongly attracted to a particular type of thing or person
: an annoying person or thing
Full Definition of SUCKER
1
a : one that sucks especially a breast or udder : suckling b : a device for creating or regulating suction (as a piston or valve in a pump) c : a pipe or tube through which something is drawn by suction d (1) : an organ in various animals for adhering or holding (2) : a mouth (as of a leech) adapted for sucking or adhering
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: a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant
3
: any of numerous chiefly North American freshwater bony fishes (family Catostomidae) closely related to the carps but distinguished from them especially by the structure of the mouth which usually has thick soft lips — compare hog sucker, white sucker
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: lollipop 1
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a : a person easily cheated or deceived b : a person irresistibly attracted by something specified <a sucker for ghost stories> c —used as a generalized term of reference <see if you can get that sucker working again>
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First Known Use of SUCKER
14th century
Related to SUCKER
2sucker
verb
suck·eredsuck·er·ing \ˈsə-k(ə-)riŋ\
Definition of SUCKER
transitive verb
1
: to remove suckers from <sucker tobacco>
2
: hoodwink 3
intransitive verb
: to send out suckers <corn suckers abundantly>
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First Known Use of SUCKER
1607
Related to SUCKER
- Synonyms
- bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch, con, cozen, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, deceive, suck in, take in, trick
- Antonyms
- undeceive
SUCKER Defined for Kids
sucker
noun suck·er \ˈsə-kər\
Definition of SUCKER for Kids
1
: a person easily fooled or cheated
2
: a part of an animal's body used for sucking or for clinging by suction
3
: lollipop
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: a freshwater fish related to the carp that has thick soft lips for sucking in food
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: a new stem from the roots or lower part of a plant
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: suckling
Medical Dictionary
sucker
noun suck·er \ˈsək-ər\
Medical Definition of SUCKER
1
: an organ in various animals (as a trematode or tapeworm) used for adhering or holding
2
: a mouth (as of a leech) adapted for sucking or adhering
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