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suck verb (sucked, sucking) 1 tr & intr to draw (liquid) into the mouth. 2 to draw liquid from (eg a juicy fruit) with the mouth. 3 (also suck something in or up) to draw in by suction or an action similar to suction • the roots sucked up the water. 4 to rub (eg one's thumb, a pencil, etc) with the tongue and inside of the mouth, using an action similar to sucking in liquids. 5 to draw the flavour from (eg a sweet) with squeezing and rolling movements inside the mouth. 6 to take milk (from a breast or udder) with the mouth. 7 intrans, N Amer slang to be contemptible or contemptibly bad • That film really sucks! noun an act or bout of sucking. suck someone into something to drag them into it • sucked her into his seedy world of prostitution.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sucan.

suck something in to pull in by a sucking action • sucked in her cheeks.

suck off or suck someone off slang to perform cunnilingus or fellatio.

suck up to pull in by suction.

suck up to someone colloq to flatter them or be obsequious to them in order to gain favour.