suck
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
suck/sʌk/
▶verb
- 1 draw into the mouth by contracting the muscles of the lip and mouth to make a partial vacuum.
■ hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles.
■ draw in a specified direction by creating a vacuum.
■ (of a pump) make a gurgling sound as a result of drawing air instead of water.
- 2 (usu. suck someone in/into) involve (someone) in something without their choosing.
- 3 (suck up) informal attempt to gain advantage by behaving obsequiously.
- 4 N. Amer. informal be very bad or disagreeable: the weather here sucks.
– phrases
give suck archaic suckle.
suck it up N. Amer. informal accept something unpleasant or difficult.
give suck archaic suckle.
suck it up N. Amer. informal accept something unpleasant or difficult.
'suck' also found in these Oxford entries:
absorb
- chupacabra
- draw
- dummy
- fellatio
- grandmother
- honeysuckle
- lamia
- rim
- soak
- sook
- suckling
- suction
- teat

