suck

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth

   suck the poison from the place where the snake bit

2. 2
   verb

   give suck to

   The wetnurse suckled the infant

3. 3
   verb

   draw something in by or as if by a vacuum

   Mud was sucking at my feet.

4. 4
   verb

   be inadequate or objectionable

   this sucks!

5. 5
   verb

   attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.

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

6. 6
   noun

   An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.

   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.”

7. 7
   noun

   Milk drawn from the breast.

   The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.

8. 8
   noun

   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.

Etymology

From Middle English souken, suken, from Old English sūcan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūkan, from Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck, suckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewg-, *sewk- (“to suck”). Cognate with Scots souke (“to suck”), obsolete Dutch zuiken (“to suck”), Limburgish zuken, zoeken (“to suck”). Akin also to Old English sūgan (“to suck”), West Frisian sûge, sûge (“to suck”), Dutch zuigen (“to suck”), German saugen (“to suck”), Swedish suga (“to suck”), Icelandic sjúga (“to suck”), Latin sūgō (“suck”), Welsh sugno (“suck”). Related to soak.