suck

suck
[[t]sʌ̱k[/t]]
sucks, sucking, sucked
1) VERB If you suck something, you hold it in your mouth and pull at it with the muscles in your cheeks and tongue, for example in order to get liquid out of it.

[V n] They waited in silence and sucked their sweets...

[V on/at n] He sucked on his cigarette...

Doran was clutching the bottle with both hands and sucking intently.

2) VERB If something sucks a liquid, gas, or object in a particular direction, it draws it there with a powerful force.

[V n with adv] The pollution-control team is at the scene and is due to start sucking up oil any time now...

[V n with adv] The air is sucked out by a high-powered fan...

[V n with adv] They sucked in deep lungfuls of air.

[be V-ed prep] ...the airline pilot who was almost sucked from the cockpit of his plane when a window shattered. [Also V n prep]

3) V-PASSIVE If you are sucked into a bad situation, you are unable to prevent yourself from becoming involved in it.

[be V-ed into n] He warned that if the President tried to enforce control, the country would be sucked into a power vacuum.

[be V-ed into n] ...the extent to which they have been sucked into the cycle of violence.

Syn:
be drawn
4) VERB: no cont (feelings) If someone says that something sucks, they are indicating that they think it is very bad. [INFORMAL, RUDE]

The system sucks.

5) to suck someone dry → see dry
Phrasal Verbs:

English dictionary. 2008.

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Synonyms:
/ (with the mouth) / , , / , ,


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