suck. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

suck

PRONUNCIATION:	sk
VERB:	Inflected forms: sucked, suck·ing, sucks
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To draw (liquid) into the mouth by movements of the tongue and lips that create suction. 2a. To draw in by establishing a partial vacuum: a cleaning device that sucks up dirt. b. To draw in by or as if by a current in a fluid. c. To draw or pull as if by suction: teenagers who are sucked into a life of crime. 3. To draw nourishment through or from: suck a baby bottle. 4. To hold, moisten, or maneuver (a sweet, for example) in the mouth. 5. Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To draw something in by or as if by suction: felt the drain starting to suck. 2. To draw nourishment; suckle. 3. To make a sound caused by suction. 4. Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive.
NOUN:	1. The act or sound of sucking. 2. Suction. 3. Something drawn in by sucking.
PHRASAL VERBS:	suck in To take advantage of; cheat; swindle. suck up Slang To behave obsequiously; fawn.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English suken, from Old English scan. See seu-² in Appendix I.


The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.