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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - sucker

 
 

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Sucker

sucker
~1 n 1 person informal someone who is easily deceived, tricked, or persuaded to do something they do not want to do  (You fell for that old line? Sucker!) 2 be a sucker for sth to like something so much that you cannot refuse it  (She's a real sucker for old movies.) 3 part of an animal not technical a part of an insect or of an animal's body that it uses to hold on to a surface  (Tree frogs have suckers on their feet.) 4 sweet AmE a lollipop (2) 5 plant a part of a plant that grows from the root or lower stem of a plant to become a new plant 6 rubber a flat piece of rubber that sticks to a surface by suction ~2 v sucker sb into sth phr v AmE to persuade someone to do something they do not want to do, especially by tricking them or lying to them  (sucker sb into doing sth)  (Laurie got suckered into babysitting her little sister.)
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1.
  (suckers) 1. If you call someone a sucker, you mean that it is very easy to cheat them. (INFORMAL) But that is what the suckers want so you give it them... N-COUNT; N-VOC c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you describe someone as a sucker for something, you mean that they find it very difficult to resist it. (INFORMAL) I’m such a sucker for romance. N-COUNT: N for n 3. The suckers on some animals and insects are the parts on the outside of their body which they use in order to stick to a surface. N-COUNT 4. A sucker is a small device used for attaching things to surfaces. It consists of a cup-shaped piece of rubber that sticks to a surface when it is pressed flat. ...sucker pads. N-COUNT ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   I. noun  Date: 14th century  1.  a. one that sucks especially a breast or udder ; suckling  b. a device for creating or regulating suction (as a piston or valve in a pump)  c. a pipe or tube through which something is drawn by suction  d.  (1) an organ in various animals for adhering or holding  (2) a mouth (as of a leech) adapted for sucking or adhering  2. a shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant  3. any of numerous chiefly North American freshwater bony fishes (family Catostomidae) closely related to the carps but distinguished from them especially by the structure of the mouth which usually has thick soft lips — compare hog ~, white ~  4. lollipop 1  5.  a. a person easily cheated or deceived  b. a person irresistibly attracted by something specified a ~ for ghost stories  c. — used as a generalized term of reference see if you can get that ~ working again  II. verb  (~ed; ~ing)  Date: 1607  transitive verb  1. to remove ~s from ~ tobacco  2. hoodwink 3  intransitive verb to send out ~s corn ~s abundantly ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. & v. --n. 1 a a person or thing that sucks. b a sucking-pig, newborn whale, etc. 2 sl. a a gullible or easily deceived person. b (foll. by for) a person especially susceptible to. 3 a a rubber cup etc. that adheres to a surface by suction. b an organ enabling an organism to cling to a surface by suction. 4 Bot. a shoot springing from the rooted part of a stem, from the root at a distance from the main stem, from an axil, or occasionally from a branch. 5 any of various fish that has a mouth capable of or seeming to be capable of adhering by suction. 6 a the piston of a suction-pump. b a pipe through which liquid is drawn by suction. 7 US colloq. a lollipop. --v. Bot. 1 tr. remove suckers from. 2 intr. produce suckers. ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
  gulley sucker scow sucker ...
Англо-русский строительный словарь
5.
  1) плунжер 2) присоска 3) сосальце ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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  1) сосунок 2) присоска 3) корневой побег, корневой отпрыск; волчок, боковой побег; выбрасывать боковые побеги 4) энт. листоблошка (Psylla) 5) ихт. чукучан; pl чукучановые (Catostomidae) – apple sucker – armed sucker – black sucker – blue sucker – buccal sucker – carp sucker – caudal sucker – chub sucker – common sucker – eastern sturgeon sucker – hard-mouthed sucker – hog sucker – large-scale sucker – longnose sucker – lump sucker – mountain sucker – mouth sucker – northern sucker – northern hog sucker – oral sucker – pilot sucker – rabbitmouth sucker – razorback sucker – red sucker – redhorse sucker – red-sided sucker – root sucker – sand sucker – sap sucker – shark sucker – spotted sucker – sturgeon sucker – subanal sucker – ventral sucker – white sucker – white-nosed sucker – white-tailed sucker ...
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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  1. сосун, сосунок (особ. молочный поросенок) 2. ам. разг. леденец на палочке 3. ам. разг. молокосос; простофиля 4. ам. разг. паразит, тунеядец 5. сл. (for) любитель (чего-л.); человек, падкий на что-л. sucker bait —- приманка для дураков 6. сл. пьянчуга, алкаш 7. бот. волчок (боковой побег); корневой отпрыск 8. энт. хоботок 9. присосок (у глистов и т. п.) 10. зоол. прилипало (Remora) 11. тех. всасывающий патрубок 12. тех. поршень насоса 13. обмануть, обвести вокруг пальца to sucker smb. into smth. —- заманить кого-л. куда-л.; обманом вовлечь кого-л. во что-л. 14. сад. очищать от волчков, отростков, боковых побегов 15. бот. выбрасывать отростки, боковые побеги ...
Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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  noun  1) сосун(ок) (особ. молочный поросенок или детеныш кита)  2) coll. леденец на палочке  3) coll. молокосос, простак  4) zool. присосок  5) bot. отросток; боковой побег  6) tech. поршень насоса  7) tech. всасывающий патрубок ...
Англо-русский словарь
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  - "young mammal before it is weaned," c.1384. Slang meaning "person who is easily deceived" is first attested 1836, Amer.Eng., on notion of naivete; the verb in this sense is from 1948. But another theory traces the slang meaning to the fish called a sucker, on the notion of being easy to catch. Meaning "lollipop" is from 1907. Suckerpunch first recorded 1947. ...
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