suck Definition In English

• 0 to pull in liquid or air through your mouth without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around something inside your mouth, often in order to dissolve it:

  • figurative Continued rapid growth in consumer spending will suck in (= encourage) more imports.

  • The waves came crashing over my head and I could feel myself being sucked under by the currents.

  • I tried sucking (on) a mint to stop myself coughing.

  • I sucked my thumb until I was seven.

  • She was sitting on the grass sucking lemonade through a straw.

• 1 If someone or something sucks, that person or thing is bad or unpleasant:

  • While my brother was sick, I had to do all of his chores and it sucked.

  • Man, this job sucks!

• 2 the action of sucking something:

  • Can I have a suck of your lollipop, please?

• 3 to pull liquid or air into your mouth without using your teeth, or to move the tongue and muscles of the mouth around something inside your mouth, often in order to dissolve it:

  • [ T ] The vacuum cleaner sucks dirt into a disposable bag.

  • [ I/T ] We were all sucking (on) lollipops.

  • [ I ] Sometimes a baby will hold the pacifier in her mouth without really sucking.

  • [ T ] The two-year-old sucked his thumb.

• 4 to be bad or worthless:

  • We all thought the movie sucked.