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sucker

/ˈsʌk.ə/ /ˈsʌk.ɚ/

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A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.

Examples :

"The baby suckler was happily nursing at its mother's breast. "

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An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.

Examples :

"The rose bush had a small sucker growing from its base, which needed to be removed to prevent it from taking nutrients away from the main plant. "

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(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.

Examples :

"The new student was a sucker, always asking others for help with their homework. "

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An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.

Examples :

"The octopus used its sucker to firmly grip the glass wall of the aquarium. "

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A thing that works by sucking something.

Examples :

"The vacuum cleaner's strong sucker easily picked up the crumbs on the floor. "

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The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.

Examples :

"The pump's sucker was broken, so the water wouldn't come up into the bucket. "

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A pipe through which anything is drawn.

Examples :

"The aquarium used a long sucker to remove dirt from the bottom of the tank. "

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A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.

Examples :

"The children used their suckers to lift small rocks in the park. "

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Examples :

"The little boy used a sucker to hang his drawing on the refrigerator door. "

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An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.

Examples :

"The remora, a type of suckerfish, attached itself to the underside of the boat. "

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Any fish in the family Catostomidae of North America and eastern Asia, which have mouths modified into downward-pointing, suckerlike structures for feeding in bottom sediments.

Examples :

"The biologist carefully examined the sucker, noting its distinctive downward-facing mouth adapted for feeding on river bottom mud. "

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A lollipop; a piece of candy which is sucked.

Examples :

"The little girl enjoyed her strawberry sucker after her doctor's appointment. "

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A hard drinker.

Examples :

"My uncle's known as a real sucker; he can drink a whole case of beer in one evening. "

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An inhabitant of Illinois.

Examples :

"My cousin, a proud sucker, is planning to move to Illinois for college next year. "

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A migrant lead miner working in the Driftless Area of northwest Illinois, southwest Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa, working in summer and leaving for winter, so named because of the similarity to the migratory patterns of the North American Catostomidae.

Examples :

"During the summer months, the small town bustled with activity as "suckers" arrived to work in the lead mines, hoping to earn enough to sustain themselves through the harsh winter. "

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A person who is easily deceived, tricked or persuaded to do something; a naive person.

Examples :

"One poor sucker had actually given her his life’s savings."

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A person irresistibly attracted by something specified.

Examples :

"A sucker for ghost stories."

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(British slang) The penis.

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To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.

Examples :

"to sucker maize"

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To produce suckers, to throw up additional stems or shoots.

Examples :

"The rose bush is suckering, sending up new shoots all around the base of the main stem. "

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To move or attach itself by means of suckers.

Examples :

"The vine suckered onto the fence post, its tendrils wrapping tightly around it. "

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To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.

Examples :

"The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract."

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Any thing or object.

Examples :

"See if you can get that sucker working again."

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Examples :

""My little brother is such a sucker for candy; he'll do anything to get it." "

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