Dictionary Entry
suck
suck is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 20 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or apply force to, by exhausting the air.
- 2transitive verb
To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the breast.
- 3transitive verb
To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking; to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of plants suck water from the ground.
- 4transitive verb
To draw or drain.
- 5transitive verb
To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
- 6intransitive verb
To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
- 7intransitive verb
To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
- 8intransitive verb
To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
- 9noun
The act of drawing with the mouth.
- 10noun
That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
- 11noun
A small draught.
- 12noun
Juice; succulence.
- 13noun
the act of sucking
- 14verb
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
"suck the poison from the place where the snake bit"
"suck on a straw"
- 15verb
give suck to
"The wetnurse suckled the infant"
"You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
- 16verb
take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge absorbs water well"
"She drew strength from the minister's words"
- 17verb
draw something in by or as if by a vacuum
"Mud was sucking at her feet"
- 18verb
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- 19verb
be inadequate or objectionable
"this sucks!"
- 20verb
attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
"The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"
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