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Meaning of sucker

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sucker

Pronunciation:/ˈsʌk.ə//ˈsʌk.ɚ/

noun

Definitions

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

  2. 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.

  3. (by extension) A parasite; a sponger.

  4. 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.

verb

Definitions

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

    Example: to sucker maize

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

  3. To move or attach itself by means of suckers.

  4. To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.

    Example: The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.

sucker

Pronunciation:/ˈsʌk.ə//ˈsʌk.ɚ/

noun

Definitions

  1. Any thing or object.

    Example: See if you can get that sucker working again.

  2. A person.