verb
suck
suhk
verb
1
To draw liquid or air into the mouth using the lips and tongue.
"The baby began to suck hungrily at the bottle."
2
To draw something in a particular direction, as if by suction.
"The vacuum cleaner sucked up all the crumbs."
3
To be very bad or unpleasant.
"This weather really sucks."
How to Use Suck
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo pull in liquid or air with the mouth, or (informally) to be really bad.
When to use it
The "to be bad" sense is very informal — avoid it in formal writing.
Common pairings
suck up
suck in
suck on
Word Forms
sucked past tense, sucks plural, sucks singular
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Etymology
From Old English sucan, from Proto-Germanic sukana, ultimately imitative of the sucking sound.