suck
//sʌk//
Forms
- Plural
- sucks
- present (v1)
- suck
- past (v2)
- sucked
- past participle (v3)
- sucked
- present participle
- sucking
- 3rd person singular
- sucks
Definitions
1.An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
- Bammer agreed “Probably a good idea,” he agreed with a quick suck on his straw, “won't stop you from picking up any of these chicks, though.”
2.Milk drawn from the breast.
- The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.
3.An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
- On a proper workbench this can often be achieved between the end vice and a dog, though more sophisticated products use either the suck of a vacuum cleaner or just friction.
4.The ability to suck; suction.
1.To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
- The baby sucked (milk) on her bottle.
2.To perform such an action; to feed from a breast or teat.
3.To put the mouth or lips to (a breast, a parent etc.) to draw in milk.
4.To extract, draw in (a substance) from or out of something.
- That she may sucke their life, and drinke their blood, / With which she from her childhood had bene fed.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2312
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *sūkaną
Proto-West Germanic *sūkan
Old English sūcan
Middle English souken
English suck