Sucker
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˈsʌk.ə/
- US IPA: /ˈsʌk.ɚ/
- Rhymes: -ÊŒkÉ™(r)
Origin 1
From the verb suck.
Full definition of sucker
Noun
sucker
(plural suckers)- A person or thing that sucks.
- An organ or body part that does the sucking.
- An animal such as the octopus and remora, which adhere to other bodies with such organs.
- A piece of candy which is sucked; a lollipop.
- (horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
- (British, colloquial) A suction cup.
- A suckling animal.
- The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
- A pipe through which anything is drawn.
- A small piece of leather, usually round, having a string attached to the center, which, when saturated with water and pressed upon a stone or other body having a smooth surface, adheres, by reason of the atmospheric pressure, with such force as to enable a considerable weight to be thus lifted by the string; formerly used by children as a plaything.
- A parasite; a sponger.
- FullerThey who constantly converse with men far above their estates shall reap shame and loss thereby; if thou payest nothing, they will count thee a sucker, no branch.
- (slang, archaic) A hard drinker; a soaker.
Synonyms
- (piece of candy) lollipop
Verb
- (transitive) To strip the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers.to sucker maize
Origin 2
Possibly from the Pig in a poke scam, where victims were tricked into believing they were buying a young (that is a suckling) pig. Also possibly from suckener.
Synonyms
Verb
- To fool someone; to take advantage of someone.The salesman suckered him into signing an expensive maintenance contract.
Origin 3
Possibly from German Sache (thing).