Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - suck
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~1 v 1 drink to take liquid into your mouth by tightening your lips into a small hole and using the muscles of your mouth to pull the liquid in (suck at sth) (a baby sucking at its mother's breast | suck sth up) (Jennie sucked up the last bit of milkshake with her straw.) 2 put in mouth to hold something in your mouth and pull on it with your tongue and lips (Don't suck your thumb, dear! | suck on sth) (Lara's been sucking on that jawbreaker for half an hour.) 3 pull to pull someone or something with great power and force to a particular place + down/into (Something got sucked down into the boiler and clogged it. | suck sb under/along) (Be careful of rip tides! They'll suck you right under.) 4 suck sb into sth to make someone become involved in a particular situation, event etc, especially a bad one (Gullible people can easily get sucked into religious cults.) 5 sth sucks informal especially AmE an impolite expression meaning that something is very bad in quality or that a situation is very bad (Her acting sucks.) suck up phr v informal to say or do a lot of nice things in order to make someone like you or to get what you want (suck up to sb) (He's always sucking up to the boss.) ~2 n an act of sucking
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(sucks, sucking, sucked) 1. 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. They waited in silence and sucked their sweets... He sucked on his cigarette... Doran was clutching the bottle with both hands and sucking intently. VERB: V n, V on/at n, V 2. If something sucks a liquid, gas, or object in a particular direction, it draws it there with a powerful force. The pollution-control team is at the scene and is due to start sucking up oil any time now... ...the airline pilot who was almost sucked from the cockpit of his plane when a window shattered. VERB: V n with adv, be V-ed prep 3. If you are sucked into a bad situation, you are unable to prevent yourself from becoming involved in it. ...the extent to which they have been sucked into the cycle of violence. V-PASSIVE: be V-ed into n 4. If someone says that something sucks, they are indicating that they think it is very bad. (INFORMAL, RUDE) The system sucks. VERB: no cont, V c darkgreen]feelings 5. to suck someone dry: see dry ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English suken, from Old English sucan; akin to Old High German sugan to ~, Latin sugere Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to draw (as liquid) into the mouth through a suction force produced by movements of the lips and tongue ~ed milk from his mother's breast b. to draw something from or consume by such movements ~ an orange ~ a lollipop c. to apply the mouth to in order to or as if to ~ out a liquid ~ed his burned finger 2. a. to draw by or as if by suction when a receding wave ~s the sand from under your feet — Kenneth Brower inadvertently ~ed into the…intrigue — Martin Levin b. to take in and consume by or as if by suction a vacuum cleaner ~ing up dirt ~ up a few beers opponents say that malls ~ the life out of downtown areas — Michael Knight intransitive verb 1. to draw something in by or as if by exerting a suction force; especially to draw milk from a breast or udder with the mouth 2. to make a sound or motion associated with or caused by suction his pipe ~ed wetly flanks ~ed in and out, the long nose resting on his paws — Virginia Woolf 3. to act in an obsequious manner when they want votes…the candidates come ~ing around — W. G. Hardy — usually used with up ~ed up to the boss 4. slang to be objectionable or inadequate our lifestyle ~s — Playboy people who went said it ~ed — H. S. Thompson II. noun Date: 13th century 1. a ~ing movement or force 2. the act of ~ing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. draw (a fluid) into the mouth by making a partial vacuum. 2 tr. (also absol.) a draw milk or other fluid from or through (the breast etc. or a container). b extract juice from (a fruit) by sucking. 3 tr. a draw sustenance, knowledge, or advantage from (a book etc.). b imbibe or gain (knowledge, advantage, etc.) as if by sucking. 4 tr. roll the tongue round (a sweet, teeth, one's thumb, etc.). 5 intr. make a sucking action or sound (sucking at his pipe). 6 intr. (of a pump etc.) make a gurgling or drawing sound. 7 tr. (usu. foll. by down, in) engulf, smother, or drown in a sucking movement. --n. 1 the act or an instance of sucking, esp. the breast. 2 the drawing action or sound of a whirlpool etc. 3 (often foll. by of) a small draught of liquor. 4 (in pl.; esp. as int.) colloq. a an expression of disappointment. b an expression of derision or amusement at another's discomfiture. Phrases and idioms give suck archaic (of a mother, dam, etc.) suckle. suck dry 1 exhaust the contents of (a bottle, the breast, etc.) by sucking. 2 exhaust (a person's sympathy, resources, etc.) as if by sucking. suck in 1 absorb. 2 = sense 7 of v. 3 involve (a person) in an activity etc. esp. against his or her will. suck up 1 (often foll. by to) colloq. behave obsequiously esp. for one's own advantage. 2 absorb. Etymology: OE sucan, = L sugere ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сосание to have (to take) a suck at a sweet —- (по)сосать конфету 2. всасывание, засасывание 3. разг. небольшой глоток to have a suck of liquor —- глотнуть спиртного 4. материнское молоко to give suck to a child, to give a child suck —- кормить ребенка грудью 5. pl. школ. жарг. сласти 6. школ. жарг. неприятность; провал; ловушка what a suck!, sucks! —- (ага) попался! 7. сл. влияние, связи; "рука" to have suck —- иметь "руку" (высокого покровителя) 8. сосать; высасывать to suck lollipops —- сосать леденцы to suck the juice from an orange —- высасывать сок из апельсина the child won't suck —- ребенок не берет грудь to suck water from the hold —- откачивать воду из трюма to suck (at) one's pipe —- сосать (посасывать) свою трубку to suck lemonade through a straw —- тянуть лимонад через соломинку to suck out poison from a wound —- высосать яд из ранки to suck dry —- высосать; истощить to suck an orange dry —- высосать апельсин he was sucked dry —- из него высосали (выжали) все соки to suck advantage out of smth. —- извлекать выгоду из чего-л. 9. всасывать, засасывать to suck air into one's lungs —- набирать воздух в легкие the pump sucks —- насос засасывает воздух (вместо воды) the boat was sucked into the maelstrom —- лодку затянуло в водоворот we were able to pass a rope to him before the bog sucked him under —- мы успели бросить ему веревку, прежде чем его засосала трясина 10. впитывать sponges...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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at сосать, посасывать, (трубку и т.п.) SUCK in а) всасывать, впитывать (тж. знания и т.п.); б) засасывать (о водовороте); в) sl. обмануть, обставить; You were properly sucked in that lime, werent you! SUCK out высасывать; to suck advantage out of smth. извлекать выгоду из чего-л. SUCK up а) всасывать; поглощать; As the sun got hotter, it sucked up the mist from the sea; б) school; sl. подлизываться (to); Sucking up to the teacher wont get her any higher marks, and will only make her unpopular with the other children. SUCK 1. noun 1) сосание; to take a suck - пососать 2) всасывание, засасывание 3) небольшой глоток 4) материнское молоко; to give suck (to) - кормить грудью 5) school; sl. неприятность; провал (тж. suck-in); what a suck (или sucks)! - попался! 6) school; sl. сласти 2. v. 1) сосать; всасывать (тж. suck in); the pump sucks - насос засасывает воздух вместо воды 2) to suck dry - высосать, истощить - suck at - suck in - suck out - suck up ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. sucan, corresponding to L. sugere "to suck," from PIE root *sug-/*suk-, of imitative origin. Meaning "do felatio" is first recorded 1928. Slang sense of "be contemptible" first attested 1971 (the underlying notion is of fellatio). Suck eggs is from 1906. Suckling is early 13c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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