suck : Idioms & Phrases
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cock sucking
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noun slang for fellatio
blowjob.
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fen-sucked
Fen"-sucked` adjective
Definitions
Sucked out of marches. "Fen-sucked fogs." Shak.
Webster 1913
give suck
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verb give suck to
wet-nurse; suckle; breastfeed; lactate; suck; nurse.
- The wetnurse suckled the infant
- You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places
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suck in
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verb take up as if with a sponge
take up; sop up; take in.
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verb attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
suck.
- The current boom in the economy sucked many workers in from abroad
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verb draw in as if by suction
draw in.
- suck in your cheeks and stomach
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suck out
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verb remove as if by suction
draw out; aspirate.
- aspirate the wound
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suck up
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verb take in, also metaphorically
draw; take up; imbibe; absorb; soak up; take in; suck; sop up.
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
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verb ingratiate oneself to; often with insincere behavior
play up; cotton up; sidle up; cozy up; shine up.
- She is playing up to the chairman
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verb try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
fawn; kowtow; kotow; bootlick; toady; truckle.
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
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sucking fish
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noun marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
suckerfish; remora.
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sucking louse
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noun wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
louse.
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sucking pig
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noun an unweaned piglet
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To suck in
- to draw into the mouth; to imbibe; to absorb.
Webster 1913
To suck out
- to draw out with the mouth; to empty by suction.
Webster 1913
To suck up
- to draw into the mouth; to draw up by suction absorption.
Webster 1913
wind-sucking
Wind"-suck`ing noun
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(Far.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing , 4.