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

Definitions

1. transitive 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.
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive 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.
4. transitive verb. To draw or drain.
5. transitive verb. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.
6. intransitive verb. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with the mouth, or through a tube.
7. intransitive verb. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.
8. intransitive verb. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.
9. noun. The act of drawing with the mouth.
10. noun. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking; specifically, mikl drawn from the breast.
11. noun. A small draught.
12. noun. Juice; succulence.
13. noun. the act of sucking

    Synonyms: sucking, suction

14. verb. 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"

15. verb. give suck to

    "The wetnurse suckled the infant"

    "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

    Synonyms: breastfeed, lactate, nurse, suckle

16. verb. take in, also metaphorically

    "The sponge absorbs water well"

    "She drew strength from the minister's words"

    Synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe

17. verb. draw something in by or as if by a vacuum

    "Mud was sucking at her feet"

18. verb. provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

    Synonyms: blow, fellate

19. verb. be inadequate or objectionable

    "this sucks!"

20. verb. attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.

    "The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad"

Synonyms

sucking, suction, breastfeed, lactate, nurse, suckle, absorb, draw, imbibe, blow, fellate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in suck:

cusk

Common word forms

sucks, sucked, sucken, sucker, sucking, suckable, suckless

Words from these letters

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