sucker
/ˈsʌk.ə//ˈsʌk.ɚ/noun
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A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
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.
(by extension) A parasite; a sponger.
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
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To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.
Example: to sucker maize
To produce suckers, to throw up additional stems or shoots.
To move or attach itself by means of suckers.
To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.
Example: The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.