suck
🇺🇸
/sʌk/
🇬🇧
/sʌk/
verb
C1
to pull liquid or air into your mouth using your lips
She used a straw to suck the juice from the cup.
C1
to hold something in your mouth and pull on it with your lips and tongue
The baby likes to suck on his pacifier when he's tired.
C1
to remove liquid or air from something
The vacuum cleaner can suck dust from hard-to-reach places.
C1
to pull someone or something strongly in a certain direction
The strong current can suck swimmers into dangerous waters.
R
to be very bad or unpleasant
This movie really sucks because the plot makes no sense.
noun
R
the action of sucking
The baby took a long suck from her bottle before falling asleep.
translation
to pull liquid or air into your mouth using your lips; to hold something in your mouth and pull on it with your lips and tongue; to remove liquid or air from something; to pull someone or something strongly in a certain direction; to be very bad or unpleasant
the action of sucking
Word Forms
3rd Present
sucks
Progressive
sucking
Past
sucked
Perfect
sucked
Plural
sucks