"suck" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Suck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sucking}.] [OE. suken, souken, AS. s?can, s?gan; akin to D.
zuigen, G. saugen, OHG. s?gan, Icel. s?ga, sj?ga, Sw. suga,
Dan. suge, L. sugere. Cf. {Honeysuckle}, {Soak}, {Succulent},
{Suction}.]
1. To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and
   tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the
   liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressure; to draw, or
   apply force to, by exhausting the air.

2. To draw liquid from by the action of the mouth; as, to
   suck an orange; specifically, to draw milk from (the
   mother, the breast, etc.) with the mouth; as, the young of
   an animal sucks the mother, or dam; an infant sucks the
   breast.

3. To draw in, or imbibe, by any process resembles sucking;
   to inhale; to absorb; as, to suck in air; the roots of
   plants suck water from the ground.

4. To draw or drain.

         Old ocean, sucked through the porous globe.
                                               --Thomson.

5. To draw in, as a whirlpool; to swallow up.

         As waters are by whirlpools sucked and drawn.
                                               --Dryden.

{To suck in}, to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.


{To suck out}, to draw out with the mouth; to empty by
   suction.

{To suck up}, to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction
   or absorption.

\Suck\, v. i.
1. To draw, or attempt to draw, something by suction, as with
   the mouth, or through a tube.

         Where the bee sucks, there suck I.    --Shak.

2. To draw milk from the breast or udder; as, a child, or the
   young of an animal, is first nourished by sucking.

3. To draw in; to imbibe; to partake.



   The crown had sucked too hard, and now, being full, was
   like to draw less.                          --Bacon.

\Suck\, n.
1. The act of drawing with the mouth.

2. That which is drawn into the mouth by sucking;
   specifically, mikl drawn from the breast. --Shak.

3. A small draught. [Colloq.] --Massinger.

4. Juice; succulence. [Obs.]