suck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sŭk
ipa: /sʌk/
enpr: so͝ok
ipa: /sʊk/
rhymes: -ʌk
Forms: form: sucks
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.
Senses: examples: text: 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.”
ref: 2001, D. Martin Doney, Prayer Capsule: A Book of Honesty, page 261:
glosses: An instance of drawing something into one's mouth by inhaling.
examples: text: The infant took suck in an instant, pulling strongly.
ref: 2010, Barbara Tieken, Bull Vaulter: Alena of the Isle of Green, page 202:
glosses: Milk drawn from the breast.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2005, Nick Gibbs, Ultimate Woodworking Course, page 136:
glosses: An indrawing of gas or liquid caused by suction.
examples: text: Vacuum for the park Mosuc is a street and park vacuum cleaner which its designers, Hollowell Engineering, Dearborn, Michigan, like to claim has more suck than most[.]
ref: 1972, Design, numbers 277-282, page 68:
text: [D]rop the head for less suck or raise it for more. A plow should not have too much suck or it will run on its nose in hard land and put unnecessary weight.
ref: 2017, Oliver B. Zimmerman, Internal Combustion Engines and Tractors, page 153:
glosses: The ability to suck; suction.
examples: text: Marvelous stories were told of "the suck" in early times. It was said that the water was so compressed that it would bear an ax.
ref: 1879, Edward Deering Mansfield, Personal Memories, Social, Political, and Literary, page 302:
glosses: A part of a river towards which strong currents converge making navigation difficult.
examples: text: “Why're you bothering to take her anywhere? I can't stand traveling with her. You're such a suck,” her sister said. Waved her smoke. “No fucking way I'm going.”
ref: 1999, Hiromi Goto, “Drift”, in Ms., volume 9, number 3, pages 82–6:
text: I used to think she was such a suck! She'd cry when I took to the ice, whether I skated well or badly. She'd cry when I left the house.
ref: 2008, Beth Hitchcock, “Parenting Pair”, in Today's Parent, volume 25, number 5, page 64:
glosses: A weak, self-pitying person; a person who refuses to go along with others, especially out of spite; a crybaby or sore loser.
examples: text: You are McGlade's suck.
ref: 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press, page 23:
glosses: A sycophant, especially a child.
glosses: A short drink, especially a dram of spirits.
examples: text: Nate exhaled a long, slow breath. What the hell was he thinking? He couldn't cruise the steam room looking for married men looking for a quick suck. He needed to shoot his load, but was he really that desperate?
ref: 2012, Alex Carreras, Cruising with Destiny, page 12:
glosses: An act of fellatio.
examples: text: You don't have to call me on for everything, ok? I'm aware of my suck.
ref: 2019, Justin Blackburn, The Bisexual Christian Suburban Failure Enlightening Bipolar Blues, page 34:
qualifier: sometimes considered vulgar
glosses: Badness or mediocrity.
Synonyms: sense: crybaby
word: sook
sense: crybaby
word: sooky baby
Derived terms: chain suck
cloud suck
embrace the suck
fair suck of the pineapple
fair suck of the sauce bottle
fair suck of the sauce stick
fair suck of the sav
goal suck
suck-out
suck-suck
suck-up
timesuck