What does Sucker mean?
Definitions for Sucker
ˈsʌk ərsuck·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Sucker.
Princeton's WordNet
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mugnoun
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
suckernoun
a shoot arising from a plant's roots
suckernoun
a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
suckernoun
flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws
lollipop, sucker, all-day suckernoun
hard candy on a stick
suckernoun
an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction
suckernoun
mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
GCIDE
Suckernoun
A person strongly attracted to something; -- usually used with for; as, he's a sucker for tall blondes.
Suckerverb
To cheat or deceive (a gullible person); to make a sucker of (someone).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Suckernoun
Etymology: suceur, French; from suck.
Oil must be poured into the cylinder that the sucker may slip up and down in it more smoothly. Boyle.
The ascent of waters is by suckers or forcers, or something equivalent thereunto. John Wilkins, Dædalus.
One of the round leathers wherewith boys play, called suckers, not above an inch and half diameter, being well soaked in water, will stick and pluck a stone of twelve pounds up from the ground. Nehemiah Grew, Musæum.
Mariners aye ply the pump,
So they, but chearful, unfatigu’d, still move
The draining sucker. Philips.The cutting away of suckers at the root and body, doth make trees grow high. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
Out of this old root a sucker may spring, that with a little shelter and good seasons, may prove a mighty tree. John Ray.
Wikipedia
SUCKER
Sucker (stylized in all uppercase) is the second studio album by English singer Charli XCX, released on 15 December 2014 by Asylum and Atlantic Records. The album was met with positive reviews from critics, praising its throwback style, and ended up being included on many year-end lists for best albums of 2014. Sucker spawned the singles "Boom Clap", "Break the Rules", "Doing It" (featuring Rita Ora) and "Famous". Charli promoted the album through a series of public appearances and televised live performances, as well as appearing on the Jingle Ball Tour 2014. The album was supported by Charli's Girl Power North America Tour, which lasted from September to October 2014. She was also the opening act for the European leg of Katy Perry's Prismatic World Tour in 2015.
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sucker
A sucker is defined in several ways depending on the context: 1. In botany, a sucker refers to a shoot or stem springing from the base of a tree or plant. 2. In zoology, it's an organ used for sucking or adhering to a surface, found in certain animals like octopuses or leeches. 3. In informal English, a sucker refers to a person who is easily deceived or fooled. 4. Also, it can refer to a candy or lollipop on a stick. 5. Lastly, in US slang, 'sucker' can mean a person or thing.
Webster Dictionary
Suckernoun
one who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies
Suckernoun
a suckling; a sucking animal
Suckernoun
the embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket
Suckernoun
a pipe through which anything is drawn
Suckernoun
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; -- used by children as a plaything
Suckernoun
a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant
Suckernoun
any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh is coarse, and they are of little value as food. The most common species of the Eastern United States are the northern sucker (Catostomus Commersoni), the white sucker (C. teres), the hog sucker (C. nigricans), and the chub, or sweet sucker (Erimyzon sucetta). Some of the large Western species are called buffalo fish, red horse, black horse, and suckerel
Suckernoun
the remora
Suckernoun
the lumpfish
Suckernoun
the hagfish, or myxine
Suckernoun
a California food fish (Menticirrus undulatus) closely allied to the kingfish (a); -- called also bagre
Suckernoun
a parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above
Suckernoun
a hard drinker; a soaker
Suckernoun
a greenhorn; one easily gulled
Suckernoun
a nickname applied to a native of Illinois
Suckerverb
to strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize
Suckerverb
to form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Sucker in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Sucker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Sucker in a Sentence
We're like the stupid sucker, and we're not going to pay anymore for all this stuff anymore. Anybody who comes in, if I win, they're going back out.
There's a sucker born every minute.
In some squids, those suckers develop into hooks, but theyre not like the hooks that are in the belemnoids. They probably function very similarly --theyre used to grab hold of soft things that you cant grab hold of with a sucker.
We don’t know how far along these babies were.We were told she jumped because a remora, or suckerfish, was likely stuck to her. And by flying out of the water — if it had landed in the water — the sucker fish would’ve fallen off.
I stand before you today beholden to no human c -- sucker and working a paying f -- king union job and no limber d -- k of an administrator is going to tell me how to teach my classes because I'm a f -- king tenured professor.
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- مغفلArabic
- zelenáčCzech
- sutterDanish
- Wurzelbrut, Wurzelspross, Volltrottel, Sauger, Depp, Saugrohr, Saftsauger, Wurzelschössling, Dummkopf, Blutsauger, Naivling, Saugerin, Blödmann, Säufer, Absaugrohr, WurzeltriebGerman
- κορόιδο, κοτύλη, μυζητήρας, κοροϊδεύωGreek
- suĉuloEsperanto
- otarioSpanish
- مکندهPersian
- hölmö, lonkero, huijataFinnish
- pigeonner, suceur, pigeon, suceuseFrench
- súgánIrish
- פראיירHebrew
- चूसने वालाHindi
- balekHungarian
- memperdayaIndonesian
- succhiatore, polpo, pompa, aspiratore, allocco, ventosa, sanguisuga, capocchio, remoraItalian
- 吸盤Japanese
- ಸಕ್ಕರ್Kannada
- 호구Korean
- potatorLatin
- hekeruaMāori
- sukkelDutch
- sugerNorwegian
- frajerPolish
- chupador, otário, sugador, ventosaPortuguese
- fraierRomanian
- сосу́нья, сосу́н, дурачить, одурачить, лох, сосуно́к, молокосос, дурить, простофиля, фраер, обдурить, простак, присо́скаRussian
- budala, pušioničar, naivacSerbo-Croatian
- narra, sugare, luraSwedish
- உறிஞ்சுபவன்Tamil
- పీల్చేవాడుTelugu
- ดูดThai
- enayiTurkish
- присоскаUkrainian
- چوسنے والاUrdu
- kẻ hút máuVietnamese
- סאַקערYiddish
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